* 



( 



^ 



1 



69 



- Count Salvadovi incliules tlic New Hebrides in his list of localities, but the reference given 

 (Lay. Ibis 1880, 304) concerns New Britain. Mr. Layard docs not make the New Hebrides a locality for 

 thia species in his list, Ibis 1882, 544. 



r 



342. Nycticorax manillensis. 



Nycticorax manillensis Vi^. P. Z. S. 1831, 89; IMh. Grallat. t. 155 f. 2391; //. e( F. P. Z. S. 1872, 

 105; Cat. Mas. Godcf. 1874 V, 13; Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. VIII, 33; Ilr-Zmw, J. f. 0. 1877, 238; Sc/mieltz, 



Etlm. Abth. M. G. 353; Finsr/i, P. Z. S. 1880, 577. 



Nycticorax crassirostris J\f/. Yoy. Beach. 



caledonica KM. (nee Gm.) Kupfert. 35 f. 1. — Nycticorax caledonicus H. el F, P. Z. S. 18G8, 117. 



« 



Ardea 

 Iraam- 



labaob" (Knh,) or „Tramarabau", (Heinsohn) Pelew Is. 



Pefetr Is, (Kuh. etc.). 



Caroline Is. : link (Kuh. 



343. Nycticorax griseus. 



Indo-Malayan Subregioa. 



Ardea nycticorax TAnn. S. N. 1766 I, 235. 



Ardea grisea Linn, ib. 239 (juv.) 



Nycticorax 



griseus Strleld., IL et F, P. Z. S. 1872, 105; llchnw, J. f. 0.' 1877, 237. — „Orror«, Uap (Kxd>.). 



Caroline Is.: Uap (Kuban/), 



8. America (llrhnw.). 



Palaearctic, Aethiopic and Oriental Regions; parts of N.* and 



A „NycticoraK ocoanicus Less." from the Marquesas Islands is included in Dr. Ilartlaub's 

 lists of Polynesian birds in Wicgni. Arch. 1852, 135, and J. f. 0. 1854, 170, and in Gray's B. Trop. Is. 49, 

 but this appears to be a lapsus calami, — To tan us oceanieus, Less, from the same islands being 

 the species intended. 



344.5l< Egretta brevipes. 



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Egretta brevipes Ferr, et Des M, Pev. Zool. 1862, 130; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; id. 



[bis 1877, 302; La>/. ib. 1882, 532. 



JS'eir (Juledonia (Verr.). 



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345. Botaurus poeciloptilus. 



Ardea poiciloptila JJ\</1. Syst. Av. Ardea 1827 sp. 28. — Botaurus australis (Cuv.J, Less. Tr. d'Orn. 

 1S31 572* (^^'d. B. Austr. 1848 VI, pi. G4; I^r/ih. Grallat. 1851 t. 127 f. 2453. — Botaurus melanotus Or(ff/, 

 Dicff'cnb. B. N. Zeal. 1843 II,* Ai)p. 19G. — Botaurus poiciloptilus Unn/, Gen. P. Ill, 557. 



Botaurus 



poeciloptila '/i'y^ C Ti 1855, 723. — Ardea poeciloptera Finsr/t^ J. f. 0. 1870, 348. — Botaurus poeciloptilus 

 Kr/mw. J. f. 0. 1877, 249; X^y. Ibis 1882, 531, 544; nnlier, R. N. Zeal. 1888 2nd ed. II, 141 plXXXYIL 



JSfew Caledonia (Lai/.J. — Australia; New Zealand; ? Chatham Is. 



346. Dendrocygna arcuata. 



■ Anas javanica vav. [t Ilorsf. Tr. L. Soc 1821 XIII, 200. 

 in Java 1822 pi. 65. 



.,, ,, ^. _^. _^, _ _ ^ Anas arcuata Ilorsf. Zool. Hesearch. 



Dendrocy*»na arcuata Sivs, Class. B. 1837 II, 305; Old. B. Austr. 1848 Yll, pi, 



Deridrocygna vagans Eyton, M. S. S. ; Gray, List Anat. 1844, 131; 



I 



211; Jmj 



366. - 

 Ibis 187 



Fiji Is.: Viti Lcvu (Eayner, Lay,). 



to New Guinea and Australia. 



Accord in '2' 



to B 



iisriiiii * 



5 on ap arte (C. R. XLIII, G49), Gray (B. Trop. Is. 54) and Sehlegel (Mus. 



.uata Cuvier is a different species from D. arcuata Ilorsf., viz. D. javanica 



Hovsf. CountSalvadori, on the other hand, identifies D.arcuata', Cuvier, with Ilorsfield^s species 



of the same name. Whichev-^ -■'-- i'" -nr..Ar.f Hnvi or. accordinir to the rules of nomenclature, has no claim 



P. B. Ansercs, 88), D. arc 



(0 recoo'nition a,8 an author in tlio 'matter, no description of his species having over been pubhshcd. 



A ^ Morillon dcs tics Mariannes", Lesson (Tr. d'Orn. 0a2j is indudod by Gray (1. c.) m the 

 synomymy of I), y agans, Ey t o n (= ar en a t a Horsf.). Tliis yiew is probably . incorrect. The „MoriUon 

 des Mariannes" is placed by Lesson in the genus Fuligula, while the D. arcuata, Cuv., which was at 



