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2530. Ardetta sinensis. 
Ardea sinensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 642. 
Ardetta sinensis , Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 755. 
Botaurus sinensis , Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 244. 
a Madras (T. G. Jerdon) 1845. — b ( Arthur Strickland) 1850. 
2531. Ardetta exilic 
Ardea exilis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 645. 
Ardetta exilis, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 673. 
Botaurus exilis, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 244. 
a $ Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 25 May 1844 ( S . E. Baird) 1849. 
— b Guatemala (J. Gonstancid) 1850. — c Illinois ( T \ Dunn) 
1851. 
Botaurus. 
Botaurus, Stephens in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. xi. p. 592 (1819). 
2532. Botaurus stellaris. 
Ardea stellaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 239. 
Botaurus stellaris, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 101; 1850, 
p. 221: Dresser, B. Eur.: Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 248. 
a Oxfordshire (E. E. Strickland) 1831. — - b $ Smyrna, 28 
December (Id. E. Strickland) 1835. — c Kordofan (J. Petherick) 
1848. 
2533. Botaurus poeciloptilus. 
Ardea poeciloptila, Wagl. Syst. Av. fol. 12, p. 9. 
Botaurus poeciloptilus, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 249. 
Botaurus australis, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 64, 
a Australia (Bt at Birmingham) 1843. 
2534. Botaurus lentiginosus. 
Ardea lentiginosa, Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 
Botaurus lentiginosus, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 674: Reich. J. f. 
Orn. 1877, p. 248. 
a N. America {Koch) 1842. — b. 
