A.RDEID/E. 
Genus NYCTICORAX 1 T. Forster, 
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linn.), Night Heron. 
Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax (Linn.). 
Arden Nycticorax Linn., Syst. Nat. ioth ed. 1758, p. 142 : South 
Europe. 
Distr . — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra; Banka; Nias Island, West Sumatra. 
Borneo. 
Java; Kangean Islands, 
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmel.), 2 Australian Night Heron. 
[Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus (Gmet.). 
Ardea caledonica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. l t pt. 2, 1789, p. 62 6: New 
Caledonia. 
Distr-— Extra-limital . ] 
Nycticorax caledonicus mamllensii Vig. 
Nycticorax Manillensis Vigors, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 
98 : Manila, Philippine Islands. 
Distr . — Borneo (north). 
‘Nycticorax caledonicus hill i Math. 
Nycticorax caledonicus hilti Mathews, Nov. Zoot. xvui, 1912, p, 
233 ; Parry's Creek, North-west Australia. 
Distr . — Cocos-Keeling Islands. 
Genus GOISAKI US 3 G. R. Gray. 
Goisakius melanolopus [ Raffles). Tiger Bittern. 
Gotsaktus melano tophus melanolophus (Raffles). 
Ardea melanolopha Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, 1822, p. 326: 
West Sumatra. 
Nycticorax Unmofkilax Temm., PI. Col. 581, 1836: java. 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra; Banka. 
Borneo. 
Java; Thousand Islands. 
• Revision : Peters, Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 39, 1930, p. 263. 
9 A form of this bird is said to breed in java, but no specimens have 
been examined. 
3 Cf. Hach., Ibis ig2b, p. 585; Kloss, Ibis. 1927. P< 5*6, 
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