730 
NYCTADES. — NYCTIARDEA. 
NYCTADES cayanensis Gray 1845. = Bucco cayanensis Schleg. 
NYCTASTES Bonaparte, Vol. Zygod. 1854. 12. = Nystalus Cab. 
NYCTAËTUS poënsis Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1855. XLI. 654. = Bubo fascio- 
latus ÏEM. 
NYCTALATINUS Kaup 1854. == Nyctale Brehm. 
NYCTALE (Strigidcae. — vuxxaXoç nocturnus) Brehm, Oken's Isis 1828. 1271. — 
Kaup, Transact. Zool. Soc. 1862. IV. 206. = Ulula Cuv. 
Synon.: Nyctala Brehm. — Aegolius Kaup. — Scotophilia Swains. 
Die kurzen Füsse sehr stark befiedert, das sehr grosse Ohr muschelartig 
vorstehend, die Spitze des Gabelbeines blos sehnig, Schleier vollkommen, Kopf 
sehr gross. 
abietum Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 113. — Ulula funerea Schleg. 
acadica Bonaparte, List Birds Europe 7. = Ulula acadica Schleg. 
albifrons Cassin, Illustr. Birds Californ. 187. = Ulula funerea Schleg. 
Baedeckeri Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 270. — Ulula funerea Schleg. 
funerea Kaup, Oken's Isis 1848. 766. == Ulula funerea Schleg. 
Harrisi Cassin, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1849. IV. 157. — Ulula Harrisi 
Schleg. 
Kirtlandi Hoy, Proc. acad. Philadelphia VI. 210. = Ulula funerea Schleg. 
minor Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 270. — Ulula funerea Schleg. 
pinetorum Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 112. === Ulula funerea Schleg. 
planiceps Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 113. — Ulula funerea Schleg. 
Richardsoni Bonaparte, List Birds Eur. 7. == Ulula funerea Schleg. 
Tengmalmi Bonaparte, List Birds Eur. 7. — Ulula funerea Schleg. 
NYCTALOPS Wagler, Oken's Isis 1832. 1221. ==* Otus stygius Pucher. 
NYCTAÏiTJS Gray, Handl. Birds I. 86. = Nystalus Cab. 
NYCTEA erminea Stephens, gener. Zool. 1825. XIII. 63. == Surnia nyctea Selb. 
Candida Bonaparte, List Birds Europe 6. = Surnia nyctea Selb. 
nivea Bonaparte, Catal. Parzudaki 3. == Surnia nictea Selb. 
NYCTHEMEItüS (Phasianidae. — vu£ nox, Y)pispoç domatus) Swainson, Classif. 
Birds 1837. IL 341. = Chrysolophus Gray. 
Head furnished with naked wattles. 
argentatus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 341. = Euplocamus nycthemerus Sclat. 
pictus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 341. == Chrysolophus pictus Gray. 
NYCTHERODIUS (Ardeidae. — vu£ nox, eptoSioç nom. propr.) Reichenbach, 
Syst. Avium 1850. — Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium II. 142. = Ardea Lin. 
Rostrum brevissimum, crassum, culmine distincto; pedes elongati; tibiae valde 
denudatae; digiti breves; plumae dorsales elongatae, laxae, acuminatae. 
violacea Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. Tf. 151. Fig. 488. = Ardea violacea Lin. 
NYCTHIERAX Sundevall, Meth. nat. Avium 1873. 106. = Ulula funerea. 
NYCTIA Swainson, Classif. Birds 1837. II. 217. = Nyctea Steph. 
NYCTIAEDEA (Ardeidae. — vu£ nox, ardea) Swainson, Classif. Birds 1837. II. 
354. == Ardea Lin. 
Bill rather short, broad, stout. Culmen curved from the- base; the tip bent 
and deeply notched; cutting margins curved, sharp, entire. Gonys long and 
nearly straight. Feet as in Tigrisoma. Anterior scales partly hexagonal, and 
partly transverse. Inner toe shorter than the outer. 
caledonica Gray, Handl. Birds III. 33. — Ardea caledonica Gmel. 
crassirostris Gray, Handl. Birds III. 33. == Ardea caledonica Gmel. 
europaea Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 355. == Ardea nycticorax Lin. 
Gardeni Baird, Birds N America 678. = Ardea nycticorax Lin. 
leuconotus Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 355. — Ardea cucullata Lichtst. 
manillensis Gray, Handl. Birds III. 33. = Ardea manillensis Vig. 
naevia Gray, Handl. Birds III. 33. = Ardea nycticorax Lin. 
nycticorax Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. 1872. 413. === Ardea nycticorax Lin. 
pileata Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 355. = Ardea pileata Lath. 
violacea Swainson, Classif. II. 355. = Ardea violacea Lin. 
