184 Dr. J. Gundlach: Zusätze und Berichtigungen 
(151) In Reports werden die Arten anders vertheilt, nämlich: , 
A. Ardeae, B. Botaureae und ©. Nyeticoraceae. Erstere zer- 
fallen wieder in 
Middle of back with elongated plumes, their fibrillae distant. 
Demiegretta. Plumes straight, fastigiate depending and 
elongated. Feathers of the head and entire 
neck lanceolate, narrow and well defined (in this 
differing from all our other genera). Toes very 
short the lateral not more than half the tarsus 
(a character entirely peculiar to this genus). Spe- 
cies Pealu, rufa, ludoviciana. 
Garzetta. Plumes reaching about to the tail recurved 
at the end; the fibrillae horizontal but not fasti- 
giate. A full oceipital crest, and lower part of 
the throat with similar plumose feathers, the fibril- 
lae festigiate. Color. white. Species candidissima. 
Herodias. Plumes reaching beyond the tail straight 
fastigiate, depending. Head perfectly smooth. Spe- 
. cies Zgretta. 
Back without elongated plumes, Scapulars usually elongated. 
Ardea. Occiput with greatly lengthened feathers, rea- 
ching far beyond the oceipital crest. Scapulars 
equal to the tertials.. Sp. Herodias, Würdemannit. 
Audubonia. Head without much lengthened feathers. 
Scapulars scarcely elongated. Species occidentahs. 
Florida. Head with oceipital feathers moderately elon- 
gated; the webs decompounded; those of lower 
throat, lanceolate. Scapulars longer than the tail. 
Lower outline of bill nearly straight. Sp. caerulea. 
(157) Butorides Blytlh 1849 type Ardea javanica Horsf. — Ocni- 
scus Öab. 1856. 
(160) (Botaurus) lentiginosus (Ardea Montagu) Orn. Diet. suppl. 
1813, minor (Ardea Wils.) Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 35, pl. LXV. 
Also besser ist lentiginosus als minor. 
(161) Nyctiardea Swains. Classif. Birds I. 1837, 354 type Ardea 
nycticorau L. — Nyeticoraw Stephens. Shaws Gen. Zool. XI. 
1819, 608 same type, not of Moehring 1752. 
(174) Mr. Cassin sagt in Reports Glottis Nilsson Orn. Suec. 1817 
type Scolopax glottis Linn. (Gray) und fügt hinzu „the genus 
Glottis differs very little from the American G@ambetta and 
