ARDEID.K — TIIK IIKUONH- IIKUODIAS. 



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ll.vrtrtELg., of Jiivft, Iiidiii, .laimii, Ni-w Simtli Wales, imd TiiHiiiaiiiii ; (\) II. timorentit,Viv,, ot 

 Tiiiicir ; uiul (■>) II lu-iriji, ^, \ kuu. & Dk.sm., Iintii New CalidDiiiu. To wliichof tht'Hc the fourth 

 rtin'cifs of lliu lollowini,' syuoiwi.-* IkIoiij,'', 1 am at [iii'si'iit iiiialile to dutermiiie. 



Synopsis of Species. 



A. Jiiiinldr i>Uimen ullijhllii linijlhiiinl, irilli hntiul niiil iiiiilitiiiiijioiial vvIih, 

 K. Witli li;,'lit-(ip|orfil U"^>i ami tccl, ami tin- liiil ii^-iiaily inimiiiaiiy tliisky. 



1. H. elba.' I'liiim'^ of the tiiiiii reaching' to o;iIy almiit 2-:i imiii'.-i lii>yo)iil the tnil ; Itill 

 rhii'tly ilinky in tin- lnvicliu- ipjiima;<c ; li;,'s ami I'lcl (•liiiily ii),'lii licKJi-colorcd, with tin- 

 lar^i'r .Hiiitcliiu more luowniMli, \Viii',', 1(!.(m» |n.;j(i ; ciilim'ii, 4.7.j-()(mi; tarmis, (i.-ld- 

 7.!X) ; initl.llc Un; :}.(Mt-4.(iO. /I,il,. \']\u>'\>i- ami other imrts of Old World. 

 h. Willi dee|i lilacU ]i"^t ami feet, the hill Usually Mloslly yellow. 



:;. H. ■yrmatophoruB.'' With a .short traiu, liki.' //. itlbn, hut hill wludly yellow, nnd the 

 le;;s and feet deep Iduek (e.\t'i'|it lihiir, which are pale dull yellow), as in //. eijnilu. ^V'iiij,', 

 U.riO ; eulnieii, l..")0 ; tarsus, (i.J.'i ; luidiUe toe, ;{.(i"). Ifiih. Australia. 



3. H. egretta. Hill usually chielly yellow, with more oi less of the teruiiiiul portion block; 



soMU'tiuies, howevir, with thn niuuilla wholly lilaek or entirely yellow ; tihito black. 

 Train e.vteudiu;; usually <• inches or more lieyoiid the tail. Win^;, 14. l()-l(i.8() ; culineii, 

 4.20-4. !J(» ; tarsus, ."i..")(i-(!.S() ; niiildle toe, ;i.")0-4.;}(». llah. Warmer parts of Ainericu. 

 B> JiHjiilar }iliimi,i .iiniilur In //nwc nf tin: (lunid Imiii, imbj KuviUir. 



4. H. plumiferiiB." liill with aliout the terminal half of both nmndibles black, the bivtnl 



portion pale-colored (yellow in life f) ; h-j^s and feet deep black. Wing, 12.50 ; culniLMi, 

 3.10; tarsus, 4..S0 ; middle toe. :}. //((/). Chimi (No. 85747 U. S. Nut. Mu». ; $ ad., 

 Woo Snn^', ("hina, May 23, iMSl ; Shauj,'liai Museum) ; Australia (Gould). 



Herodias egretta. 



THE AMERICAN EOBET. 



LnGrmdi- AigrHtrif'Amfriqnr, Wvvv. I'l. KnI. 1770-80, pi. 925. 



Ureal JFIiitc Ifrroii, Latu. Synop. 111. Mi^'i, !»1. 



Great Egret, Lath. t. c. by (lia.sod on I'l. Knl. \*2:i). 



Anka eijretta, (!mki.. S. \. I. 1788, t;2it, no. 34 (ha.sed on PI. Enl. 92,5, and Lath., 1. c). — WiLs. 



Am. Oin. VIL 1813, in(i, pi. 61, tig. 4. — Xnr. Man. II. 1834, 47. — Ari). Orn. Diog. IV. 



1838, (iOO, pi. 38t) ; Synop. 183!t, 20.') ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 132, pi. 370. — CouES, Key, 1872, 



207 ; Check List, 1873, no. 45".: ; liinls N. W. 1874, 519. 

 Herodias egretta, Oiiay, (ien. IJ. III. 1849. — Baiud, B. N. Am. 1858, 666; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, 



no. 486. — Coi-Es, ("heck List, cd. 2, 1882, no. 658. 

 Ifcmilias alba, var. rgrrlta, HiixiW. Am. Lyi'. N. Y. Jan. 1874, 386. 

 Herodias alba egretta, Uidgw. Hull. E.sso.\ Inst. Oct. 1874, 171 ; Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 489. 



1 Hkuodias ai.iia, Linn. European Egret. 



Ardra alba, Linn. S. N. cd. 10, I. 1758, 144 ; cd. 12, 1. 1760, 239. 

 Herodias alba. At'i'T. 



Ardta cgrel.oides, S. O. C.MEI,. Reisc, II. 193, pi. 24. 

 Erodius VictoriiT, Macoii.!,. Man. N. 11. Orn. II. 131. 

 Herodias Candida, BilKIlM, Vi>g. Deutschl. 584. 

 ^ Hkuodia.s .SYiiMAToi'iionus, Gould. Australian Egret. 



Herodias syrmatnphnrus, OoiTi.n, B. Austr. A'l. 1848, pi. 56. 

 It is somewhat doubtful whether this bird can bo separated from //. egretta. A Floridian specimen of 

 the latter is in all rc.ipects identical, except as to size, the measurements Ix'ing, wing, 15.50 ; cuhnen, 4.50 ; 

 tar.sus, 6.00 ; and middle toe, 3.85, — certainly not as great a dilfcrcnco as occurs between specimens of 

 cither //. albn or //. egretta. 



' Hf.ixodias vi.i'MiFERr.s, Gould. Plumed Egret. 



Herodias pi umi/erus, Gori.D, P. Z. S. 1847, 221 ; B. Austr. VI. 1848, pi. 57. 



