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ARDEIDiE. 
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin). 
Distr. —Australia generally and Tasmania. New Zealand, New 
Caledonia, Solomon Islands, New Britain, Duke of York 
Islands, Pelew to ? Celebes (N.). 
Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus (Gmelin.) (26-158.) 
Ardea caledonica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. 2, p. 626, April 20th, 
1789 : New Caledonia. 
Ardea maculata Latham, Index Orn., Suppl. p. lxiv (after May), 1801. Not 
Gmelin, Syat. Nat. vol. i. pt. 1, p. 685, 1789. 
Distr .—New Caledonia, East Australia, New Zealand. 
Nycticorax caledonicus hilli Mathews. 
Nycticorax caledonicus hilli Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 233, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North-West Australia. (Fig 
Gould, vi. pi. 63; Math. pi. 193; Emu, xx. pi. 1.) 
Distr. —Northern Australia. 
Nycticorax caledonicus mandibularis O.-G. (26-161.) 
Nycticorax mandibularis Ogilvie-Grant, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888, 
p. 203 : Solomon Islands. 
Distr. —Solomon Islands, New Britain, and Duke o£ York 
Islands. 
Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis Math. 
Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 
vol. xlvi. p. GO, 1926: Pelew Islands. 
Distr. —Pelew and Caroline Islands to Celebes (?). 
Genus GORSACHIUS Bp.*. 
Gorsachius Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. p. 138, 1855. Type 
(by monotypy) : Nycticorax yoisagi Temm. 
Butio Reicbenow, Joum. fur Orn. 1877, p. 243. Type (by original designation) 
Ardea ynelanolopha Raffles. 
Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles). 
Distr. —India to Philippines and Pelew Islands. 
Gorsachius melanolophus melanolophus (Raffles). (26-166.) 
Ardea melanolopha Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xiii. p. 326, 
1822: Sumatra. 
Nycticorax limnophilax Temminck, Planch. Color, livr. 98, pi. 581, 1836 : Java. 
Ardea (Botaurue ) phiUppmsis Martens, Journ. fur Orn. 1866, p. 28 : Philip¬ 
pines. 
Butio kutteri Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn. 1881, p. 425 : Philippines. 
Distr .—Java, Sumatra, Philippines, and Pelew Islands. 
* Cf. ‘ Ibis/ 1926, pp. 585-592. 
