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ARDEA. 
Nycticorax crassirostris Vigors, Beechey's Voy. Zool. 27. 
Ardea caledonica Kittlitz, Kupfertaf. 35. Fig. 2. 
marmorata Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1117. = Ardea brasiliensis L. 
Marsigli Lepechin, Nov. Comment. Petropol. 1770. XIV. 502. = Ardea co- 
mata Pall. 
matok Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1118. = Ardea jugularis Forst. 
melanocephala Children, Denh. Clappart. Narrât. App. 201. = Ardea atri- 
collis Wagl. 
melanolophis Lesson, Traité Ornith. 573. = Ardea sinensis Gmel. 
melanoptera Cuvier. = Ardea sinensis Gmel. 
melanopus Wagler, Oken's Isis 1829. 659. = Ardea intermedia Hass. 
melanorhyncha Wagler, Oken's Isis 1829. 659. = Ardea alba L. 
melanqtis Cuvier. Pucheran, Revue Mag. Zool. 1851. 375. = Ardea sinensis 
Gmel. 
mexicana Brisson, Ornith. V. 423. = Grus canadensis Temm. 
minor Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. ? = Ardea freti hudsonis Schleg. 
minor alba Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. ? = Grus vipio Pall. 
niinuta Linne, Syst. Natur. L 240. — Naumann, Naturg. Vögel Deutschlds. 
IX. 194. Tf. 227. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Ardeae 37. 
[Europa, Asia occid, Africa sept. 
Botaurus rufus, B. striatus^ Ardea naevia Brisson, Ornith. V. 458. 497. 
Ardea danubialis, A. naevia, A. soloniensis Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 637. 
Blongios de Suisse Buffon, PI. enlum. 323. 
. Ardea obscur a Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 679. 
Botaurus minutus Boie, Oken's Isis 1822. 559. 
Botaurus pusillus Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 598. 
Cancrophagus minutus Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. 42. 
Butor minutus Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. 
Ardetta minuta Gray, List spec. brit. Mus. 1850. 163. 
Ardeola minuta Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 133. 
Ardeola pusilla, A. naevia Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 290. 
Kleine Bohrdommel, gescheckter Reiher. — Butor roux, Heron blongier. — 
Woudhopje. — Little Bittern, rufous Bittern. — Sgarza guacco. Nonnotto. 
minuta aiistralîs Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Ardeae 39; Rech. Faune Mada- 
gascar 126. [Africa. Australia. 
Ardea pusilla Vieillot, Nouv. diet. hist. nat. XIV. 432. 
Ardea maculata Latham, Gener. Synopsis Suppl. II. 305. — [cf. A. calc' 
donica Gmel.] 
Ardetta pusilla Gould, Birds Australia VI. Tb. 78. 
Ardeola pusilla, A. podiceps Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 134. 
Ardetta minuta, A. podiceps Hartlaub, Syst. Ornith. W. Afr. 224. 
Ardea podiceps Hartlaub, Ornith. Madagascar 75. 
modesta Gray, Illustr. Ind. Zool. I. Tb. 49. Fig. 1. = Ardea egretta Gmel. 
mokoko Vieillot, Nouv. diet. hist. nat. XIV. 440. = Ardea freti hudsonis 
Schleg. 
monticola Lapeyrouse, Tabl. Oiseaux 44. = Ardea purpurea L. 
naevia Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 637. = Ardea minuta L. 
nebulosa Horsfield, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1821. XIII. 190. = Ardea sinensis 
Gmel. 
nigerrima Wagler, Syst. Avium Spec. 22. = Ardea jugularis Forst. 
nigra Linne, Syst. Natur. I. 235. = Ciconia nigra Belon. 
nigra Vieillot, Nouv. diet. hist. nat. = Ardea ßavicollis Lath. 
nigripes Temminck, Manual Ornith. III. 377. = Ardea garzetta L. 
nigrirostris Gray, Zool. Miscell. I. 19. = Ardea garzetta L. 
nivea Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 640. = Ardea garzetta L. 
nivea Cuvier. Lesson, Traité Ornith. 575. = Ardea alba L. 
nivea Jacquin, Beitr. 1784. 18. = Ardea candidissima Gmel. 
