ARDEIN^. 
27.  j 
■'filler  Ov  *^*^®^®*^'**'  Grael.  PI.  enl.  350 Ardea  ludoviciana  Wils. 
29.  A J Ehrenb.  Sym.  Phys.  Av.  t.  6. 
Linn.  Catesb.  Carol,  pi.  76.  — Ardea  cyanopus 
chalvh  ^ Brown ; Ar.  cserulescens  Lath.  PL  enl.  34-9* ; 
30.  ? Amer.  Orn.  pi.  62.  f.  3. 
31,  ^ ^ — Ardea  ardesiaoa  Less.  Ornith.  p.  575. 
32,  A Gmel.  Ellis,  Icon.  ined.  .58.? 
l^Ucops  Jfr^  ^llandi(B  Lath.  Phill.  Bot.  Bay,  pi.  p.  l63. — Ardea 
3.3.  A.  ■ 
P’  ^ ■“ 
3j.,  A Lath.;  Ar.  matook  Vieill. 
®^bicolli,  £.  Bose,  Act.  de  la  Soc.  d’llist.  Nat.  i.  t.  2.  — Ardea 
35.  A.  Ois.t.253. 
36.  A.  g VPagl.  Syst.  Av.  Ardea  sp.  20. 
8S8_  dami  Gmel.  PI.  enl.  859.  — Ardea  fusca  Lath.  PI.  enl. 
A.  c 
P'^mila  r PL  enl.  348.  315.  — Ardea  castanea  et  A. 
®«iiegaig^  Scop.;  Ar.  Marsigli,  Ar.  squaiotta, 
^'^dax  T ^’■ytLropus  Gniel. ; Ar.  botaurulus  Sehrk. ; 
8.  A , 
•d.  le^f. 
Ar 
38. 
®Peciosa  Bodd.  PI.  enl.  911. — Ardea  malaccensis  Gmel.; 
Zool.  Res.  pi. ; Ar.  Grayii  Sykes,  Gray,  111. 
Zool.  pi  i urayii 
39.  A.  cgy  ‘ ’ of  Ardeola  Boie  (1822). 
*■  3.  f.  1 Bodd Ardea  bubiilcus  Snvig.  Desc.  d’Egypte 
“”">1.;  A-’  610. ; Ar.  coromandelensis  A^u/il;  Ar.  russata 
^'^orsf^ . *9oinoctialis  Mont. ; Ar.  Veranyi  Boux ; Ar.  affi- 
®®Pilla  ^oucocephala  Cuv.;  Ar.  flavirostris,  bicolor,  et  rufi- 
40.  A.  ■ ’ caboga  Penn. ; Ar.  lueida  Rafin. 
A.  ^ — ■ Ardea  leucoptera  Vieill. 
‘*®Hsis  T**  Binn.  Pi.  enl.  323 Ardea  danubialis  et  A. 
rriol,  t . 
Gr, 
'«-y. 
Q oul.  Araea  aanuniaus  et  A. 
® • Edwards’s  Birds,  pi.  275. ; Type  of  Ardetta  G.  R. 
42.  A.  exilis  Gmel.  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  65.  f.  4. Ardea 
erythromelas,  Ar.  variegata,  et  Ar.  involucris  Vieill. 
43.  A.  pusilla  Vieill.  N.  Diet.  d’Hist.  Nat.  xiv.  432.  — Ardea 
maculata  L.ath. 
44.  A.  cinnamomea  Gmel,  — Ardea  nebiilosa  Horsf.  Gray,  111. 
Ind.  Zool.  t.  ii.  pi.  66.  f.  1. 
45.  A.  sinensis  Gmel.  — Ardea  lepida  Horsf 
46.  A.  novee  guinece  Gmel.  PI.  enl.  926.  — Ardea  nigerrima 
Wagl. 
47.  A.  calceolata  Dubus,  Bull.  Acad.  Brull.  iv.  p.  40.  t. 
48.  A.  vireseens  Linn.  Catesb.  Carol,  pi.  80.,  Wils.  Amer.  Orn. 
pi.  61.  f.  1.  — Ardea  chloroptera  Bodd.;  Ar.  ludoviciana,  PI.  enl. 
909.  ; Ar.  torquata  Mill.  Illustr.  pi.  60. ; Ar.  virgata  Gmel. ; 
Cancroma  maculata  Bodd.  PI.  enl.  912. 
49.  A.  grisca  Bodd.  PI.  enl.  9O8.  — Ardea  scapularis.  III. ; 
Ar.  cyanura  et  Ar.  fuscicollis  Vieill.  Azara,  No.  358,  359. 
50.  A.  javanica  Horsf.  Linn.  Trans,  xiii.  p.  19O. 
51.  A.  thalassina  Swains.  Two  Cent,  and  a Quart,  p.  333. 
52.  A.  SturmiiWsg].  Syst.  Av.  Ardea  sp.  37. — Egretta  plumbea 
Swains. 
53.  A.  gutturalis  Smith,  Rep.  of  Exped.  App.  p.  57.,  111.  Zool.  S. 
Afr.  Birds,  pi.  I9. 
54.  A.favicoUis  Lath.  Gray,  111.  Ind.  Zool.  pt.  ii.  pi.  66.  f.  2. 
Gould,  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  . — Ardea  nigra  Vieill. 
55.  A.  chalyhea  Vieill. — Cancrophagus  brasiliensis  Briss. 
56.  A.  sumatrana  Raffl.  Linn.  Trans,  xiii.  p.  325. 
57.  A.  melanocephala  Raffl.  Linn.  Trans,  xiii.  p.  326. 
58.  A.  picta  Raffl.  Linn.  Trans,  xiii.  p.  326. 
59.  A.  asha  Sykes,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1832.  p.  157. 
60.  A.  rectirostris  Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1843.  p.  22. 
61.  A.  Lessonii  Wagl.  Isis,  1831.  p.  521. 
62.  A.  ohula  Mol. 
Ttgrisoma  Szvains.* 
qual  ' of  the  species  of  Ardea,  but  the  Wings  moderate,  with  the  third  and  fourth  quills 
cov, 
the  hat,  Beticulated  scales.  Toes  rather  short ; the  lateral  toes  equal,  the  outer  slightly  united  at 
"1  _ 
longest.  Tail  short  and  even.  Tarsi  longer  than  the  middle  toe,  rather  slender,  and 
the  hind  toe  Ion 
Th, 
; the  claws  rather  short,  curved,  and  acute. 
. compose  this  division  are  inhabitants  of  South  America ; they  are  generally  seen  on  the  banks  of 
hiding  themselves  among  the  reeds  if  alarmed.  It  is  on  the  ground,  among  the  reeds,  that  the  nest 
® ®ggs  are  usually  seven  or  eight  in  number. 
1.  T. 
5. 
'<>4d. 
hr. 
enl  ggf*  ^Binn.)  Brown,  111.  pi.  34.  — Ardea  lineata 
• j Ar.  Soco  Vieill.  ; Ar.  fasciata  Such. 
2.  T.  tigrinum  Gmel.  PI.  enl.  790.,  Shaw,  Nat.  Misc.  pi.  621. 
- Ardea  marmorata  Vieill.  Azara,  No.  353. ; Ar.  flava  Gmel. 
* It  was  in  1827  that  Mr.  Swainson  established  this  genus. 
