184  Dr.  J.  Gundlach:  Zusätze  und  Berichtigungen 
(151)  In  Reports  werden  die  Arten  anders  vertheilt,  nämlich: 
A.  Ardeae , B.  Botaureae  und  C.  Nycticoraceae.  Erstere  zer- 
fallen wieder  in 
Middle  of  back  with  elongated  plumes,  their  fibrillae  distant. 
Demiegretta.  Plumes  straight,  fastigiate  depending  and 
elongated.  Feathers  of  the  head  and  entire 
neck  lanceolate,  narrow  and  well  defined  (in  this 
differing  from  all  our  other  genera).  Toes  very 
short  the  lateral  not  more  than  half  the  tarsus 
(a  character  entirely  peculiar  to  this  genus).  Spe- 
cies  Pealii,  rufa,  ludoviciana. 
Gar zetta.  Plumes  reaching  about  to  the  tail  recurved 
at  the  end;  the  fibrillae  horizontal  but  not  fasti- 
giate. A full  occipital  crest,  and  lower  part  of 
the  throat  with  similar  plumose  feathers,  the  fibril- 
lae festigiate.  Color.  white.  Species  candidissima. 
Herodias.  Plumes  reaching  beyond  the  tail  straight 
fastigiate,  depending.  Head  perfectly  smooth.  Spe- 
cies Egretta. 
Back  without  elongated  plumes,  Scapulars  usually  elongated. 
Ardea.  Occiput  with  greatly  lengthened  feathers,  rea- 
ching far  beyond  the  occipital  crest.  Scapulars 
equal  to  the  tertials.  Sp.  Herodias , Würdemanni. 
Audubonia.  Head  without  much  lengthened  feathers. 
Scapulars  scarcely  elongated.  Species  occidentalis. 
Florida.  Head  with  occipital  feathers  moderately  elon- 
gated; the  webs  decompounded;  those  of  lower 
throat,  lanceolate.  Scapulars  longer  than  the  tail. 
Lower  outline  of  bill  nearly  straight.  Sp.  caerulea. 
(157)  Butorides  Blvth  1849  type  Ardea  javanica  Horsf.  — Ocni- 
scus  Cab.  1856. 
(160)  ( Botaurus ) lentiginosus  {Ardea  Montagu)  Orn.  Dict.  suppl. 
1813,  minor  {Ardea  Wils.)  Am.  Orn.  VIII.  1814,  35,  pl.  LXV. 
Also  besser  ist  lentiginosus  als  minor. 
(161)  Nyctiardea  Swains.  Classif.  Birds  II.  1837,  354  type  Ardea 
nycticorax  L.  — Nycticorax  Stephens.  Shaws  Gen.  Zool.  XI. 
1819,  608  same  type,  not  of  Moehring  1752. 
(174)  Mr.  Cassin  sagt  in  Reports  Glottis  Nilsson  Orn.  Suec.  1817 
type  Scolopax  glottis  Linn.  (Gray)  und  fügt  hinzu  „the  genus 
Glottis  differs  very  little  from  the  American  Gambetta  and 
