NO. 15 BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC WAR AREA BAKER 27 



BUTORIDES STRIATUS AMURENSIS Schrenck 



Ardca (Butorides) viresccns var. a}niirensis Schrenck, Reise Amur Lande, vol. 

 I, pt. 2, i860, p. 441. (Amurland.) 



Hentona — i female, September ii. 



Birds were observed in trees along rocky streams. 



EGRETTA GARZETTA GARZETTA (Linnaeus) 



Ardca Gar::ctta Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 237. ("Oriente," ex 

 Brisson.) 



Heianza Shima — i female, August 2. 



Tlie specimen was molting wing feathers when shot. 



DEMIGRETTA SACRA SACRA (Gmelin) 



Ardea sacra Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 640. (Tahiti.) 



Heianza Shima — i unsexed juvenile (gray phase), August 4; 

 Benoki — i female (gray phase), September 26. 



Birds in both gray and white phase were seen on beaches. 



IXOBRYCHUS SINENSIS SINENSIS (Gmelin) 



Ardea Sinensis Gmei.in, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 642. ("Sina = China.) 

 Hentona — i male, i juvenile male, August 9, 31. 



IXOBRYCHUS CINNAMOMEUS (Gmelin) 



Ardea cinnamomea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 643. ("Sina"=: 

 China.) 



Nago — I male, May 2; Kashuren-Wan — i male, June 7; Hen- 

 tona — 2 males, i juvenile male, August 17, 31, September 19. 



The birds were collected in rice fields. They were more abundant 

 than /. s. sinensis. 



ANAS POECILORHYNCHA ZONORHYNCHA Swinhoe 



Anas zonorhyncJia Swinhoe, Ibis, 1866, p. 394. (Ningpo, China.) 

 Hentona — i male, August 13. 



TURNIX SUSCITATOR OKINAVENSIS Phillips 



Turntx suscitator okinavensis Phillips, Auk, vol. 64, 1947, p. 126. (Okinawa, 

 Riu Kiu Islands.) 



Kashuren-Wan — i male, June 7. 



The characters of this specimen agree with those used by Phillips 

 in his recent description of the button quail from the southern and 



