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ARDEIDiE. 
Distr. —Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, 
Victoria, and South Australia. 
Genus CASMERODIUS Gloger. 
Casmerodius Gloger, Hand- u. llilfsb. pt. 0, p. 412 (pref. Oct. 17tli, 
1841), early 1842. Type (by subsequent designation, Salvadori, 
Orn. Pap. e Mol. vol. ii. p. 349, 1881): Ardca egretta Gmelin. 
Casmerodius albus (Linne). 
Distr .—Throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the 
Old and New World. 
[Casmerodius albus albus (Linno). (26-90.) 
Ardea alba Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 144, Jan. 1st, 1758 : 
Sweden, Europe. (Fig. Dresser, vi. pi. 398.) 
Distr .—Europe, Africa, and Asia. Extra-limital.] 
Casmerodius albus syrmatophorus (Gould). 
Herodias syrmatophorus Gould, Birds Austr. pt. xxiv. vol. vi. pi. 5G, 
Sept. 1st, 1840: New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, vi. pi. 56; 
Math. pi. 187.) 
Egretta alba negheta Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 230, Jan. 31st, 1912: 
Parry’s Creek, Northern Territory. 
Distr .—Australia generally and Tasmania. 
Casmerodius albus maoriana (M. & I.). 
Herodias alba maoriana Mathews & Iredale, Ibis, July 1913, 
p. 404: New Zealand. (Fig. Duller, 2nd ed. pi. 36.) 
Distr. —New Zealand (only known breeding-places in South 
Island). 
Casmerodius albus modestus (Gray). 
Ardea modest a Gray, Zool. Miscel. p. 19, Feb. 19 th, 1831: India. 
Distr .—India, south to some Papuan Islands. 
Genus NOTOPHOYX Sharpe. 
Notoplioyx Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Oruith. Club, vol. v. p. xiii. Dec. 30tli, 
1895. Type (by original designation) : Ardea novceliollandice 
Latham. 
Notophoyx novaehollandiae (Latham). 
Distr .—Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 
Notophoyx novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (Latham). (26-109.) 
Ardea novcdhollandias Latham, Index Orn. vol. ii. p. 701 (before 
Dec. 9th), 1790 : New South Wales. (Fig. Buller, 1st ed. pi. 24 ; 
Gould, vi. pi. 53; Math. pi. 188.) 
