CONTENTS. XVU 



Suborder XIX. HERODIONES. 



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201. Ardea cinerea. Common Heron 215 



202. alba. Great White Egret 216 



alba modesta. Eastern Great White Egret 216 



203. intermedia. Plumed Egret 217 



204. garzetta. Little Egret 218 



205. coromanda. Eastern Buff-backed Heron 219 



206. jugularis. Eastern Eeef-Heron ■ 220 



207. Nycticorax nycticorax. Night-Heron 222 



208. crassirostris. Benin Nigbt-Hcron 222 



209. goisagi. Japanese Nigbt-Heron 223 



210. javanicus stagnatilis. Australian Mangrove-Heron 224 



211. prasinosceles. Chinese Squacco-Heron 225 



212. Boiaurus stellaris. Bittern 226 



213. sinensis. Oriental Little Bittern 227 



214. eurhythma. ScbrBnck's Little Bittern 227 



215. Oieonia boydana, Japanese Stork 228 



Suborder XX. PLATALEJE. 



216. Flatalea leucorodia. Common Spoonbill 229 



217. minor. Swinhoe's Black-faced Spoonbill 231 



218. Ibis nijppon. Japanese Crested Ibis 232 



219. melanocephala. White Ibis 232 



Order LAMELLIROSTRES. 

 Suborder XXI. PHCENICOPTERI. 



Suborder XXII. AN8EBES. 



220. Cygnus musicus. Hooper Swan 234 



221. bewichi. Bewick's Swan 235 



222. Anser cygnoides. Chinese Goose 235 



223. segetum serrirostris. Eastern Bean-Goose 236 



224. albifrons. White-fronted Goose 237 



225. minutus. Lesser White-fronted Goose 238 



226. Jiyperboreus. Snow-Goose 238 



nivalis. Greater Snow-Goose 238 



227. hutchinsi. Hutchins' Bernacle Goose 239 



228. nigricans. Pacific Brent Goose 240 



229. Dendrocygna javanica. Indian Whistling Teal 240 



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