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ALTRICIAL GltALLATOIMW- IIDUODIOXKS. 



7.(Ht ; luliiinn, •2.-2i)-i.7^ ; lUiiili ai Imsf, l."i (in vdiiiik) ; Iuisuh, IM-iM ; miildlu toe, 



l.7n (ill ymii^')- ^^"''- '''•'"' 



2. B. viresoena. Foii'iifck HlriiuMl witli uhiti-li, iiiul Hide of Umii with a iminiw liital Ktripe 



111' liif fiiuui-. Yoiiiiij : Stri[ii'(l lifiii'iitli, witli rusty wliitinli uiul ilu«ky. WIiik, (I.:»o-m.()(» ; 

 culiiii'ii, ;i.(H)-L'."i."i ; ilcptli ol' liili tiiroiij,-!! lui-f, ,10-. (Mi; lai^iis l.i:>--2 |."i ; iiiiiMli' loc, 

 l.(!.")-l.!):). JIab. TLiuiii-'mti' Xuilli Aiiii'iiia, WtNl Imlii.-i, Miililli' Aiiieiica, uml iiurtburii 

 Hoiilh Aiiiui'iuu. 



I Nfi'k iim1i-;,'IiiV. 



3, B. striata.' Similar tn II. virencviin, l)ut n«'ck fine nnli-gray in mliilt, dull KTuyi**'' •'» tl'*-' 



young, iiwlwul of rlii'stiiut or luloUH. Win;,', (i.«'>-')-7.H> j tail, 2.r)(i-3. |(»; lulnicn, :J.:!0- 

 2.5.'); depth of liill, Ai-AC) ; tarsus, l.!)(i-J.|0; middle toe, 1.7(»-l.s."). Huh. South 

 America iii general. 



Butorides vlrescens. 



THE OSEEN HEBOK. 



Ardin atillKrh miulniu, {"atksiiv, Cniolinii, 1. 17.14, ]p|. S(i (adiilt). 



AriliU vircsccns, Linn. IS. N. ed. 10, ll^tS, 144, no. 15 (liiisod, in juirt, on tlie alxjve) ; ed. 12, 17C(), I. 



238, no. 2(1. — \Vii.«. Am. Orn. Vli. 1813, li7, 1>1. 01. — Nrrr. Man, II. 1834, ti3. — Ai;i). Orn. 



Biog. IV. 1838, 247, I'l. 333 ; Syiiop. 183y, 204 ; Hirds Am. VI. 1843, in.';, pi. 3ti7. — CoUEs, 



11 ■ 

 4 



about 7 inolius ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, 2^ ; bill, 2,'. ((!. N. Uwremr, in Am. I.yo. N Y. VII. 1860, p. 271. 

 Mr. Lawivnci' adds : " It scaircly dill'ds lioiii /!. viimaiis, of wliich it is a rrinarkabiL' rciircscntativc, 

 but unmistakably distinct. Tlir |iluniagc' gfiu'ially is daikrr tliiin in viirsirtm. In tlii' afipeaiain'r of their 

 upper (larts the two speeies closely lesembli' each other, but viirsiviis has the chin ami a eeiitial line down 

 the throat and neek, also a stripe on the sicle of the head, white ; these jiarts in hnnuirstrun are unilorm 

 in eolor, with no trace of white. Thi.s 8iK.'eie.s is also without the light edgings to the wing-coverts and 

 smaller ipiills so conspicuous in viiescenn."] 



YoHiiij (No. 33(181, Cuba; Dr. (iundlach.); I'ileuin and occipital crest dull lilack, with a slight 

 bottle-green gloss ; rest of head and neck dull ferruginous, the malar and post-ocular regions streaked 

 with black, the lentral line of the throat and forciicik with imlistinct dusky streaks and narrower ones 

 of light bull'. Imwcv parts dull brown, tinged with light rusty ; under-siirfaee of wings uniform dull 

 slate. Uj)|per parts dull greenish brown, the Imek and .scapulars uniform, the wings and tail glos.sed with 

 bottle-green, all the coverts bordeied with fcniigiiious ; primary-coverts and primaries uniform slate with- 

 out trace of whitish tips; secondaries and tail uniform dark nu'tallic bottle-green. AVing, 0.4(1; tail, 

 2.50 ; enlmeii, 2.20 ; depth of bill, .45 ; tarsus, 1.85 ; middle toe, 1.70 ; bare ]iart of tiliia, .50. 



This is apparently a very distinct s|)ecie.s, diirering from its allies, not only in colors, Imt in strongly- 

 marked peculiarities of form. W'q have never seen the adult, the only specimen in the National Museum 

 being an excellently mounted full-grown young bird of the year, presented by Dr. (Jundlach. 



* Bl'TOUIDES NTIIIATA (Liuil.). 



Cmhia; de Caynim; ]',ivv. Vl Kid. 008 (adult). 



Ardm siroilii, Linn. S. N. I. 1758, 144 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 238. — Keicue.vow, J. f. 0. 1877, 253 



(s. g. liiUoridcs). 

 Cancroma grisro, lioni). Tabl. I'. K. 1783, no. 908. 

 Ardca grisca, Lt.ot. Oi.s. Trinidad, p. 421. 

 Butorides grisca, Cas.s. i'roi'. Phihul. Acad. 1 .., 100 (Cartagena, Colombia). ~ Bouc. Cat. Av, 



1876, 51, no. 1428. 

 Ardcn fiiscicollis, Vieim,. Nouv. Diet. XIV. 1817, 410. 

 Ardea cyanura, Vieill. t. e. 421 ; Enc. M^th 1120. 

 Butorides cyniiunts, BonaI'. Consp. II, 1855,128. — Sc 



Buenos Ayres) ; Nom. Neotr. 1873, 125. 

 Ardea scapularis, "Ii.i.ic." Licnr. Verz. Doubl, 1823, 77. 



Fi.Nscit. P. Z. S. 1870, 580 (Trinidad). 

 Egrctta seapnlnris, Sw. Anim. Menag. 1838, 333 (Brazil). 

 BiUorides scapulnri.i, Bi). Consp. ii, m55, 128. — Sii,. & .Sai.v. P. Z. S. 1866, 199 (Ucayali, 



E. Peru). 

 Butorides scapulatna, Sci.. & Sai.v. P. Z. S. 1873, 305 (E. Peru). 



& Salv. p. Z. S. 1808,145 (Conchitas, 

 BuuM. Th. Bms. iii. 1856, 411. — 



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