LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
160. TYPHON SUMATRANUS. GREAT-BILLED HERON. 
[ Ardea sumatrana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. 2, p. 325, 1822. Sumatra. Extra-limitaL] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 54 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 184, March 
26th, 1914. 
Ardea sumatrana mathewsse Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 230, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cooktown, Queensland. 
Ardea sumatrana gilberti Mathews, ib. : Derby, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Northern New South Wales. 
CXLVI. Genus EGRETTA. 
Egretta Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 59, Dec. 1817. Type (by monotypy) : Ardea garzetta Linne. 
Herodias Boie, Isis, 1822, heft v., col. 559, May. Type (by subsequent designation. Gray, p. 86, 1841) : A. garzetta 
Linne. 
Garzetta Kaup, Skizz. Entwick-Geseh., Nat. Syst., p. 76, (pref. April) 1829. Type (by tautonymy) : A. garzetta 
Linne. 
161. EGRETTA GARZETTA. LESSER EGRET. 
[Ardea garzetta Linne, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., p. 237, pre!. May 24th, 1766 : Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 58 (pt. xxv.), Dec. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 185, March 
26th, 1914. 
Herodias immaculata Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxv. (Vol. VI., pi. 58), Dec. 1st, 1846 : Port Essington, Northern 
Territory. 
Egretta garzetta kempi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 56, April 7th, 1916 : North Queensland. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and rarer in New South Wales and 
Victoria. 
CXLVII. Genus MESOPHOYX. 
Mesophoyx Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. III., p. xxxviii., April 30th, 1894. Type (by original designation) 
Ardea intermedia Wagler. " ° ' 
162. MESOPHOYX INTERMEDIA. PLUMED EGRET. 
[ Ardea intermedia Wagler, Isis, 1829, heft vi., col. 659, June, ex Hasselt MS. : Java. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 57 (pt. xxxii.), Sept. 1st, 1848. 
26th, 1914. 
Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 186, March 
Herodias plumiferus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1847, p. 221, March 29th, 1848 : New South Wales. 
Mesophoyx intermedia territori Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 126, Jan. 28th 1915 : Northern 
Territory. ’ 
Distribution. Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 
CXLVIII. Genus CASMEROD1 US. 
A 
Casmerodius Gloger,Hand- u. Hilfsb., pt. 6, p. 412, (pref. Oct. 17th, 1841) early 1842. Type (by subsequent 
Gmelffl tl0n ’ Salvad ° r1 ’ 0rmth - Pa P- 6 Molucche, Vol. II., p. 349, (pref. May) 1881 : Ardea egretta 
163. CASMERODIUS ALBUS. WHITE EGRET. 
[Ardea alba Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 144, Jan. 1st, 1758. Europe. Extra-limital.] 
G0Ul 26th 0l 1914’ Pl ' 56 (Pt ' XXiV) ’ SePt ‘ l8t ’ 1846 ‘ Mathews ’ VoL m > Pi- 187, March 
Herodias syrmatophorus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxiv. (Vol. VI., pl. 56), Sept. 1st, 1846 : New South Wales 
Egretta alba neglecta Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 230, Jan. 31st, 1912: Parry's Creek, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania 
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