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ARDEIRALLA. — ARDETTA. 
Ardea cMoroptera Boddaert teste Gray. 
Cancropkaga viridis, C. viridis naevius, Botaurus americams naevius Brisson, 
Ornith. V. 486. Tb. 38. Fig. 1. 
Egretta virescens Swainson, Two Centur. Nr. 156. 
Egretta ludoviciana Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 354. 
Agamia virescens Reichenbach, Syst. Natur. ïb. 131. 
Butorides virescens Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 128. — Baird, Birds 
N. America 676. 
Ocniscus virescens Cabanis, Journ. Ornitb. 1856. IV. 343. 
Green Heron; Fly up the creek. — Aguaita caiman. 
virescens var. scapularis Schenk, Reise Amurld. Vögel 437. = Ardea java- 
nica HoRSF. 
virg^ta Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 643. = Ardea virescens L. 
virginiana cristata Brisson, Ornith. V. 416. = Ardea herodias L. 
virgo Linne, Syst. Natur. I. 234. = Grus vir go Pall. 
Wûrdemanni Baird, Birds N. America 669. ïb. 86. [Florida. 
xanthodactyla Bonaparte. = Ardea alba 
xanthodaclyla Gmelin, Reise III. 253. = Ardea garzetta L. 
xanthopoda v. Pelzeln. = Ardea garzetta L. 
ARDEIRALLA Sturmi Vbrreaüx. = Ardea Sturmi Wagl. 
ARDENNA major Reichenbach, Syst. Avium Tb. 14. = Procellaria macr optera 
Smith. 
ARDEOLA Boie, Oken's Isis 1822. — Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium IL 132. = 
Ardea L. 
Rostrum longum, gracile, acutum: pedes breviusculi: tibiis ex toto plumosisî 
digiti robusti, elongati, membranula vix ulla: alae longulae: remigum 1. 2. 3. om- 
nium longissimis: cauda brevissima, rectricibus decemi corpus valde compressum: 
caput laeve, plumae colli inferiores, cervicem nudam partim tegentes. Minimae. 
Ralliformes. Sexus diversi! 
brasiliensis Ray, Synopsis Avium 101. = Ardea scapularis Illig. 
bubulcus Ri5ppell, Syst. Uebers. Vögel N. O. Afr. 121. = Ardea ibis Hasselq. 
cinnamomea Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 132. = Ardea cinnamomea 
Gmel. 
coromanda Strickland, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1850. XVIII. 221. = Ardea coro- 
manda Bodd. 
erythromelas Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 134. = Ardea erythromelas 
Vieill. 
exilis Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium IL 134. = Ardea exilis Gmel. 
leucoptera Gray. = Ardea leucoptera Bodd. 
minuta Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 134. = Ardea minuta L. 
Fayesi Hartlaub, Journ. Ornithol. 1858. VI. 42. — tSenegambia. 
podiceps Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 134. = Ardea minuta australis 
Schleg. 
prasinosceHs Swinhoe, Ibis 1860. II. 64. = Ardea leucoptera Bodd. 
pusilla Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 134. = Ardea minuta australis 
Schleg. 
ralloides Boie, Oken's Isis 1822. 559. = Ardea comata Pall. 
sinensis Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium IL 133. = Ardea sinensis Gmel. 
speciosa Gray, List spec. brit. Mus. = Ardea leucoptera Bodd. 
Sturmi Degland, Ornitb. II. 304. = Ardea Sturmi Wagl. 
ARDEOMEGA Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium 1855. II. 109. = Ardea L. 
Rostrum robustissimum, rectum; mandibula apice sursum versa! Maximae. 
goHath Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium IL 109. = Ardea goliath ïemm. 
nobilis Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium II. 109. = Ardea typhon ïemm. 
ARDETTA Gray, List. — Bonaparte, Conspect. Av. 1855. IL 131. = Ardea L. 
Corpus compressum: coUum breviusculum, crassulum: plumae scapulares inte- 
grae: pedes breves: digito interno longiore quam externus. Minores. Ralliformes. 
