Fam. Ardeidae. — 1080 — Gen Ardea. 



Subgen. Butorides, Rlyth. 

 Ocniscus, Gnndl. 



*Nr. 774. Ardea atricapilla. 



Ardea atricapilla, Afzel. Act. Holm. 1804. — Ardea scapularis, 

 Wagl. Syst. Av. Ard. sp. 35. (part.) — Egretta thalassina, Swains. 

 Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 333. — Ardea et Ardetta thalassina, 

 Gray List B. Br. Mus. III. p. 84. — Gray, Gen. of B. III. p. 556. 



— Ardea scapularis, Sund. Oefvers. 1849. p. 163. — Buphus gri- 

 seus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. Nr. 611. — Butorides atricapülus, Heugl. 

 Cab. Journ. 1862. p. 294. — Herodias thalassina, Hartl. Cab. Journ. 



1854. p. 291. — Ardea Sturmii, Brehm (nee Wagl.), Cab. Journ. 



1855. p. 487. — 1856. p. 475. — 1857. p. 82. — 1858. p. 410. 



— Brehm, Habesch p. 407. — Herodias Sturmii, Licht. Nomencl. 

 Mus. Berol. p. 89. (spec. coli. A. Brehm.) — Ardea (Butorides) 

 atricapilla, Hartl. W. Afr. Nr. 638. — Finsch & Hartl. 0. Afr. p. 

 701. (part.) — Bp. Consp. II. p. 12 L J. — Sehleg. Cat. Ard. p. 42. 



— Hartl. Madag. p. 75. — Hartl. Proceed. L. Z. S. 1867. p. 827. 



— Dohrn, Proc. L. Z. S. 1866. p. 330. — Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. 

 1859. p. 173. — Newton, Ibis 1861. p. 275. — 1863. p. 456. — 

 1867. p. 359. — Kirk , Ibis 1864. p. 333. — Gurn. Ibis 1865. p. 

 271. — Sclat. Proc. L. Z. S. 1865. p. 164. — Layard, S. Afr. Nr. 

 587. — Schleg. Proceed. L. Z. S. 1866. p. 425. — Schleg. & Pollen, 

 Madag. p. 125. — Ocniscus atricapillus, Cab. v. d. Decken , Reisen 

 III. p. 50. — Jerd. B. of Ind. III. p. 753. (not.) — Ardea atrica- 

 capilla, Hartl. Cab. Journ. 1861. p. 2üiK — .4 Sturmii, Hartl. Cab. 

 Journ. 1861. p. 269. — Butorides atricapillus, Heine, Cab. Journ. 1860. 

 p. 200. - Sharpe, Ibis 1870. p. 487. — Gray, Handl. III. p. 31. 



Occipitis plumis elongatis, angustatis, pendulis; corpore su- 

 pero et pileo toto thalassino-viridibus, hoc saturatiore, nitore non- 

 nullo metallico; regione parotica partim conspicue nigra; dorsi 

 plumis longis, angustatis et lanceolatis, strictissime grisseo-margi- 



