554 Mr. P. R. Lowe on the Birds of 
a. Ad. March 24, 1906. [P. R. L.] 
There were several flocks of these birds on the margins of 
the lagoon at the west end of the island. 
TOoTANUS FLAVIPES. 
Totanus flavipes Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 431 
(1896). 
a,b. March 23, 1906. [P. R. L.] 
A good many of these Yellowshanks frequent the muddy 
shores of the lagoons at the west end of the island. 
ARDEA HERODIAS. 
Ardea herodias Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 80 
(1898). 
a. gad. Margarita Island, Jan. 6, 1904. [P. R. L.] 
An example of Ardea occidentalis was caught alive and 
liberated. 
H&RODIAS EGRETTA. 
Herodias egretta Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 95 
(1898); id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 195 (1899). 
One adult. Margarita Island, Jan. 1904. 
LrvcorHoyx CANDIDISSIMA. 
Leucophoyx candidissima Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 
p. 124 (1898). 
Garzetta candidissima Robinson, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
xvii. p. 655 (1895) ; Clark, Auk, xix. p. 260 (1902). 
One adult. Margarita Island, Jan. 6, 1904, 
ButoRIDES VIRESCENS ROBINSONI. 
Butorides robinsoni Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
vol. xviii. p. 655 (1895). 
. 3 saee March 21, 1906. [P. R. L.] 
Irides chrome-yellow. 
My adult male approaches in its plumage adult specimens 
of B. striata from S. Paulo, but is not quite so slaty-grey 
on the cheeks, neck, and sides of body, nor are the streaks 
on the throat and fore-neck of such a light tawny colour as 
