198 
AR&EI&A3. 
(Raffles wrote Ardea picta Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xiii. p. 326, 1822. 
Not picata aa above.) 
Distr. —Northern Australia. 
Tonophoyx picata aruensis (Gray). 
Ardea aruensis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., July 18th, 1858, p. 188 : 
Aru Islands. (Fig. Cat. Birds, xxvi. pi. 1 u.) 
Distr . —Aru Islands. 
If picata and picta are considered identical, then the species-name will 
be aruensis of Gray. 
Genus DEMIGRETTA Blyth. 
Demigretta Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xv. p. 872, 1846 
[ = 1874]. Type (by monotypy) : Demigretta concolor Blyth. 
Hemi-egretta Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. p. 120, 1855 (after April 15th): 
alternative spelling only. 
Demigretta sacra (Gin.). 
Distr. —Burma, through Malay Peninsula, Australia, and 
Pacific Islands. 
Demigretta sacra sacra (Gm.). (26-137.) 
Ardea sacra Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 640, April 20th, 1789: 
Tahiti, Society Islands. 
Ardea jugularu Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 181 (Ardea, sp. 18), Oct. 1827 : Tahiti. 
Distr .—Society Islands to Tauinotu and Caroline Groups. 
Demigretta sacra novaeguineae (Gin.). 
Ardea novceguinew Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 644, 1789: New Guinea. 
Ardea nigerrima Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 182 (Ardea, sp. 22), 1827 : New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea. 
Demigretta sacra albolineata (Gray). 
Ardea ( Herodias) albolineata Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1859, 
p. 166: Isle of Pines, New Caledonia. 
Distr. —New Caledonia and Fiji Island (?). 
Demigretta sacra matook (Vicillot). 
Ardea matook Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. vol. xiv. p. 416, 
Sept. 13th, 1817: Queen Charlotte’s Sound, New Zealand (blue 
bird). (Fig. Buller, 1st ed. pi. 24, 2nd ed. pL 36; Gould, vi. 
pi. 60.) 
Distr .—New Zealand. 
Demigretta sacra greyi (Gould). 
Herodias greyi Gould, Birds Austr. pt. xxxiii. vol. vi. pi. 61, Dec. 1st, 
1848: Raine Island, Queensland (white bird). (Fig. Math, 
pi. 192.) 
