406 Messrs. G. M. Mathews and Tom Iredale : 



Ixobrychus minutns novaezelandise (Potts). New Zealand 

 Little Bittern. 

 Ardeola novazelandm Potts, Trans. New Zeal, Inst, 

 vol. iii. 1871, p. 99 : Westland, South Islaud. 



Synonym : — 



Ardetta pusilla BuUer, Suppl. vol. i. p. 197. [The type-locality 

 of Ardea minuta Liunt?, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. 1766, p. 240, is 

 Switzerliiud, Europe, and of Ardea jmsilla Vieillot, Nouv. Diet, 

 d'llist. Nat. vol. xiv. 1817, p. 432, is New South Wales.] 



Range: — South Island (breeding). 



Genus BOTAURUS. 



Botaurus Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. vol. xi. pt. ii. 

 1819, p. 592. 



Type (by subsequent designation) : B. stellaris (Linue). 



Botaurus poiciloptilus melanotus Gray. New Zealand Black- 

 backed Bittern. 



Botaurus melanotus Gray, in Dieffen bach's Travels in New 

 Zeal. vol. ii. 1843, p. 196 : New Zealand. 



Synouym : — 



Botaurus poeciloptilus Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 199. [The type- 

 locality of Ardea poiciloptila Wagler, Syst. Avium, Ardea, 

 sp. 28, note, 1827, is New South Wales.] 



Kange : — Both Islands (breeding). 



Note: — Lregge (Proc.Austr. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1904,1905, 

 p. 231) wrote: "Botaurus is represented in that country (New 

 Zealand) by an endemic species, Botaurus iiovcezealandicB." 

 This is apparently a nomen tiudum, due to a lapsus. 



Order ANSERIFORMES. 



Family ANATID^. 



Genus DENDROCYGNA. 



Dendrocygna Swainson, Classif. Birds, vol. ii. 1837, p. 365. 

 Type (by monotypy) : D. javanica (Horsfield). 



