98 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIEDS OF CELEBES. 



Gallinago, Stephens. 



168. Gallinago megala, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 343, "Amoy;" Schlegel, Mus. Pays- 



Bas, Scolopaces, p. 12. 

 Hob. Gorontalo (Forsten) ; Gilolo, Batcbian (Bernstein) ; China, Formosa (Swinhoe). 



AEDEIDtE. 



Ardea, Linnaeus. 



169. Ardea sumatrana, Baffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 325, "Sumatra" (1822); Jerd. 

 Birds Ind. ii. p. 740 ; Gould, Birds Austr. ii. p. 296. 



Ardea typhon, Temm. PI. Col. 475, "river Gambia" (errore), (Sept. 5, 1829) ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays- 

 Bas, Ardea, p. 3. 



rectirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 22, "New South Wales." 



fusca, Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 176, " Arracan" (1844). 



insignis, Hodgs., Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 86. 



Typhon robusta (S. Miill.), Bp. Consp. ii. p. 110, "Timor." 



Ardea goliath, Temm., Bp. I. c, " Celebes." 



Ardeomega nobilis,." Blyth," Bp. 1. c, nee Blyth. {Conf. Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 36.) 



Ilab. Celebes (Beinw.) ; " Inde continentale," type of A. typhon, Temm. (Schlegel) ; 

 Morty Island, Batchian, Toloforo (Gilolo) (Bernstein); Sumatra (Baffles); Coburg 

 Peninsula (Gould); Clarence river (Australia) (Schlegel); Arracan (Blyth); N.-E. 

 Bengal, Nepaul, Sikim, Terai, Assam (Jerdon); Sindh (drawing, Sir A. Burnes); 

 Flores (Wallace). 



Ardeola, Boie. 



170. Ardeola speciosa (Horsf.), Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 188, "Java" (1822); Zool. 



Res. pi. — . 



Hah. Java(%?e); Celebes (Wallace). 



I include the Javan form of A. leucoptera, Bodd., =A. malaccensis, Gm., on the 

 authority of Mr. "Wallace. 



There appear to be four closely allied Asiatic species of Ardeola ; but they yet require 

 to be brought together and closely compared. 



1. A. leucoptera, Bodd, ex PI. Enl. 911, =A. malaccensis, Gm., ex PI. Enl. 911, 

 "Malacca," av. juv. Buphus bacchus, Bp., having been described from a Malaccan 

 individual, becomes a synonym of the type species. 



2. A. grayi, Sykes, " India," =A. leucoptera, Bodd., ap. Jerdon (B. of Ind.). 



3. A. speciosa, Horsf., " Java." Most probably the same as the Malaccan form. 

 Stated by Professor Schlegel to also occur in Sumbawa and Borneo. 



4. A. prasinosceles, Swinhoe, " China." 



Not recognizing the fact that Boddaert and Gmelin founded their titles on the same 



