LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Demigretta sacra cooktowni Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 232, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cooktown, Queensland. 
Demigretta sacra tormenti Mathews, ib. : Point Torment, North-west Australia. 
Demigretta matook carteri Mathews, Bull. B.O.C., Vol. XL., Feb. 1920; Cape Leeuwin, South-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
168. DEMIGRETTA GREYI. WHITE REEF HERON. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 61 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pi. 192, June 
25th, 1914. 
Herodias greyi Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxxiii. (Vol. VI., pi. 61), Dec. 1st, 1848 : Raine Island, Queensland. 
Demigretta sacra buchanani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 85, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Buchanan Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia. 
CLIII. Genus NYCTICORAX. 
Nycticorax Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 59, Dec. 1817. Type (by monotypy) : N. injaustus Forster = 
Ardea nycticorax Linne. 
Nyctiardea Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 354, July 1st, 1837. New name for Nycticorax Forster. 
Scotceus Keyserling mid Blasius, Wirbelth. Europa's, pp. lxxx., 220 (before April), 1840. New name for above. 
Nycterodius Macgillivray, Manual Brit. Birds, Vol. II., p. 126, May 28th, 1842 : New name for above. 
169. NYCTICORAX CALEDONICUS. NIGHT HERON. 
[Ardea caledonica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 626, April 20th, 1789 : New Caledonia. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 63 (pt. xxiv.), Sept. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pi. 193, June 
25th, 1914. 
Ardea maculata Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lxiv., 1801, after May : New South Wales. 
Not Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 645, 1789. 
Nycticorax caledonicus hilli Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 233, Jan. 31st, 1912: Parry’s Creek, North- 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLTV. Genus BUTORIDES. 
Butorides Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soe. Bengal, p. 281, (pref. June) 1852. Type (by monotypy) : Ardea 
javanica Horsfield. 
Ocniscus Cabanis, Journ. fur Ornith., 1856 (No. 23), Sept., p. 343. New name for Butorides Blyth. 
Toburides Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 195, March 20th, 1913 : Type (by original designation) : 
Butorides rogersi Mathews. 
170. BUTORIDES STRIATA. LITTLE MANGROVE BITTERN. 
[ Ardea striata Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 144, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Surinam, South America. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 66 (pt. xxxi.), June 1st, 1848 ; pi. 67 (pt. xxxiv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. 
Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pis. 194 and 195, June 25th, 1914. 
Ardetta stagnates Gould, Proe. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1847, p. 221, March 29th, 1848 : Port Essington, Northern 
Territory. 
Ardetta macrorhyncha Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxxi. (Vol. 6, pi. 66), June 1st, 1848: (Gosford), New South Wales. 
Butorides javanica littleri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 233, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cooktown, North Queensland. 
Distribution. North-west and mid-West Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales. 
171. BUTORIDES ROGERSI. RED MANGROVE BITTERN. 
Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pi. 196, June 25th, 1914. 
Butorides rogersi Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXVII., p. 101, July 30th, 1911: Onslow, mid-West Australia. 
Distribution. North-west Australia. 
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