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228. ARDEA SUMATRANA. 
Ardea sumatrana, Gould, Handbk. B. Austr. ii. p. 296. 
I met with this species on several of the rivers and estuaries from 
Moreton Bay to Rockingham Bay; I noticed several of them in 
Wide Bay, have received specimens from Cleveland Bay, and also 
observed them at the mouth of the Fitzroy river and on the Her- 
bert river. . 
I am indebted to my friend the late Charles Coxen, Esq., of Bris- 
bane, for a fine specimen, shot on the Brisbane river; and I have 
observed them as far south as the Clarence river, where the late Mr. 
John Macgillivray obtained a specimen. This species is always 
difficult to obtain, frequenting the extensive mud-flats, where it is 
impossible to walk, and seldom coming within shot from the shore. 
A pair were observed, accompanied by two young, well able to fly, 
in the month of December, showing that this species breeds early in 
the year. 
229. ARDEA PACIFICA. 
Ardea pacifica, Gould, Handbk. B. Austr. ii. p. 297. 
Found (by no means rare, and dispersed usually singly or in pairs) 
over the whole district, in the neighbourhood of rivers and swamps, 
also occasionally on the sea-shore mud-flats. They were not diffi- 
cult to approach ; and numerous examples might have been obtained. 
This species appears to be distributed over the whole of the north- 
eastern, eastern, and southern portions of Australia; it is common 
in the Hunter district in New South Wales, and occasionally still 
found on the Paramatta river near Sydney, but more plentiful 
further south. 
230. ARDEA NOVX-HOLLANDIE. 
Ardea nove-hollandie, Gould, Handbk. B. Austr. ii. p. 299. 
Common everywhere along the coast as far north as Cardwell, 
and extending a considerable distance inland. The eggs are two in 
number, of a light bluish green colour; the nest is a rough struc- 
ture of sticks, built in the larger forked branches of trees, often at a 
considerable distance from water. 
231. Heropias ALBA. 
Herodias alba, Gould, Handbk. B. Austr. ii. p. 30]. 
This is the common White Crane of New South Wales, and is 
found plentiful on the Hunter river, and sometimes on the shores of 
Port Jackson, but more plentiful to the north. I found it numerous 
in Wide Bay and Moreton Bay; and many were met with on the 
mud-flats at the mouths of the various rivers and creeks as far north 
as Cooktown. Its range extends to Cape York and New Guinea. 
I have always found them solitary or in pairs. 
232. HERODIAS EGRETTOIDES. 
Herodias egrettoides, Gould, Handbk. B. Austr. ii, p. 303. 
This species is widely dispersed along the shores of Australia, and 
