ARDEIDjE. 
Egretta alba modest a (Gray). 
Ardea modesta J. E, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1S31, p, 39 : India, 
Dijfr, — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra. 
Borneo. 
Java. 
Egret l a eulophotes (Swinh.), Chinese Egret. 
Herodtas eulophotes Swinhoe, Ibis, i860, p, 64 : Amoy, China. 
Distr , — Pen i n su la r Siam . 1 
Sipora, Mentawi Islands, West Sumatra. 
Borneo. 
Christmas Island, 
Egretta garzetta (Linn,). Little Egret. 
Egretta garzetta garzetta (Linn.). 
Ardea Garzetta Linn,, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, 1766, p. 2^7 : 
'‘Oriente". 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra; Nias Island, West Sumatra. 
Borneo. 
Egretta garzetta nigripes (Temm.). 
Ardea nigripes Temminck, Man. d’Ord. ed, 2, iv* 1840, p. 376: 
Sunda Islands -Java ( Mathews , 3927), 
Dijfr.—Java; Bali; Kangean Islands. 
Cocos-Keeling Islands. 3 
Genus DEM1GKETTA Blyth . 
Demigretta sacra (Gmel.). Reef Heron. 
Demigretta sacra sacra (Gmet.). 
Ardea sacra Gmelm, Syst. Nat. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 640; Tahiti. 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula; Anamba Islands; Tambelan Islands. 
Sumatra; Rhio Archipelago; Lingga Archipelago (Nyamok 
Islets) , West Sumatran Islands of Simalur* Banjak Islands* 
Nias, Mentawi Islands, Engano Billiton. 
Borneo; Natuna Islands; Karimata Islands. 
Java; Bali; Kangean Islands; Karim on -Java Islands. 
Christmas Island; Cocos-Keeling Islands. 
J See Hume, Stray Feathers, viii, [879, P- 158, and Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus., xxvi, 1808, p. 141 - 
f We have associated birds from the above localities (except Java) with 
nigripes purely on geographical grounds : the only specimens we have seen 
are from the type locality. 
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