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Eluripyga] major Bonaparte, Consp., Gen. Av., ii, 1887 [1855], 144 (Colombia). 



Euripyga major Laweence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vU, 1862, 478 (Lion 

 Hill, Panama ; crit. ) . 



Eurypyga mayor Zeled6n, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1888, 131 (Pozo Azul de 

 Pirris, Monte del Aguacate, and Monte Kedondo, Costa Rica). 



[Eurypyga] maior Hbiwe and Eeiohenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 315 

 (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela) (?). 



Eurypyga major major Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Iv, 1926, 203 

 (Rio Suno ; below San Jos6 ; Rio Chimbo near Puente de Chimbo, Ecuador) . — 

 Peibks, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixxi, 1931, 303 (Crlcamola; Guabo; Pan- 

 ama). — Griscom, BuU. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Ixiv, 1932, 137 (Guatemala — 

 in rain forest of Caribbean slope) ; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixxii, 1932, 321 

 (Perm6, Panama). 



Eurypyga helias major Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 215. — Gbis- 

 coM, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixxviii, 1935, 305 (Panama — scattered records 

 from tropical rain forest areas). — ^Deignan, Auk, llii, 1936, 186, 188 (Hon- 

 duras, 5 miles from La Ceiba; 2 specimens; colors of soft parts). 



Eurypyga helias (not Ardea helias Pallas) Sceater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 227 

 (Guatemala; crit.). — Soaitee, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1860, 73 (Pallatanga, 

 w. Ecuador). — Lawkence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vii, 1862, 301 

 (Lion Hill, Panama). — Bebt.epsch and Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 

 don, 1885, 119 (Pallatanga). 



