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Nycticorax. 
Nycticorax, Stephens in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. xi. p. 608 (1819). 
2539. Nycticorax griseus. 
Ardea nycticorax, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 235. 
Ardea grisea , Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 239. 
Nycticorax griseus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. viii. p. 545: 
Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 758: Dresser, B. Eur. : Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, 
p. 237. 
a Zante, May (. E . E. Strickland) 1834. — b Benares (W. J. 
E . Boys) 1847. 
2540. Nycticorax gardeni. 
Ardea gardeni, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 645. 
Nyctiardea gardeni, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 678. 
a Illinois ( T . Dunn) 1851. 
2541. Nycticorax obscurus. 
Nycticorax obscutus, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 141 (ex Licht.) : Schl. 
Mus. d. Pays-Bas, v. Ardece, p. 58. 
a Chili (T. G. Eyton) 1845. 
2542. Nycticorax caledonicus. 
Ardea caledonica, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 626. 
Nycticorax caledonicus, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 63: Strickl. 
Ann. & Mag. N. H. xi. p. 338: Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 238. 
a Australia [Warwick Museum) 1841. — b Australia (Bt at 
Birmingham) 1843. 
2543. Nycticorax pileatus. 
Heron blanc, hupe de Cayenne, D’Aub. PL Enl. 907, unde, 
Ardea pileata, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 54. 
Nycticorax pileatus, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 240. 
a ( Gardner ) 1846. 
A widely ranging South-American species. 
Nyctherodius. 
Ny ether odius, Reichenbach, Syst. Av. p. xvi. (1852-3). 
2544. Nyctherodius violaceus. 
Ardea violacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 238. 
