76 Aves. 
AVES. 
HERODIONES. 
AllDEIDiE. 
Bkddard, F. E. On certain Points in the Yisceral Anatomy of Baheni- 
ceps rex, bearing upon its affinities. P. Z. S. 1888, pp. 284-290, 5 
cuts. 
Having examined the alimentary tract and syrinx of a specimen of the 
above bird, the author finds the latter very characteristic, and decidedly 
Ardeine in structure — thereby coming to the same conclusion at which 
Parker arrived from the osteology and Bartlett from the occurrence of 
powder-down patches. He considers BaUeniceps as “ a rather aberrant 
Heron, having no near affinities to the Storks nor to Scopus.” 
Ardea hahamensis , n. sp. [ J $], near A. virescens, Rum Cay, Watling’s 
I., Abaco, Bahamas; A. virescens f razor i , n. subsp. [<£], La Paz, Cali- 
fornia; W. Brewster, Auk, 1888, pp. 83 & 84. A. cinerea figured; 
Lord Lilford. Col. Fig. Br. Birds, pt. viii. Essex Heronries ; E. A. 
FiTCil, Ess. Nat. 1888, pp. 171-18G, cut & pi. A. egretta, A sacra figured ; 
W. L. Buller, Birds New Zealand, pi. xxxvi. 
A rdeiralla woodford i [ <£ juv., <£], n. sp., Guadalcanal*, Solomon Archi- 
pelago ; W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, P. Z. S. 1888, pp. 202 & 203. 
Balceniceps , cf. supra. 
Botaurus poeciloptilus figured ; W. L. Buller, Birds New Zealand, 
pi. xxxvii. B. stellaris figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Figs. Br. Birds, 
pt. vii. 
Bator ides saturatus , n. sp., Swan I., Caribbean Sea ; R. Ridgway, 
P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 577 & 578. 
Demiegretta jugularis — D. greyi of Gould ; E. D. Atkinson, Yict. 
Nat. v [1888], p. 120. 
Herodias nigripes new to Great Sanghir I. [Celebes Sea] ; AY. Blast us, 
Braunschw. Auz. 1888, No. 9 (Jan. 11th), p. 86, and Ornis, 1888, pp. 
G30 & 631. 
Nycticorax mandibularis, n. sp. [= N. manillensis, Ramsay (nee Vigors)], 
Guadalcanal*, Solomon Archipelago ; W. R. Ogilvie Grant, P. Z. S. 
1888, pp. 203 & 204. N. griseus figured ; Lord Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. 
Birds, pt. vii. 
Tigrisoma excellem, n. sp., Segovia R., Honduras; R. Ridgway, P. U. 
S. Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 595-597. 
CxcoHiiD^;. 
Xenorhjnchus asiaticus [Australia], nest and eggs ; AV. T. White, 
P. R. Soc. Queensl. iii [1886], pp. 136-139. X. nanus , n. sp., from Post- 
tertiary deposits of Queensland ; C. AV. de Vis, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. iii 
[1888], pp. 1287 & 1288, pi. xxxv, figs. 11a & 115. 
