202 
ARDEID.A2. 
Butorides javanica littleri Mathews. 
Butorides javanica littleri Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 233, 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Cooktown, North Queensland. 
Distr. —North Queensland. 
Butorides rogersi Mathews. 
Butorides rogersi Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xxvii. p. 101, 
July 30th, 1911: Onslow, Mid-West Australia. (Fig. Math, 
pi. 196.) 
Distr. —Mid-W est Australia. 
Genus IXOBRYCHUS Billberg. 
Ixobrychus Billberg, Synops. Fauna? Scand. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 166,1828. 
Type (by subseejuent designation, Stone, Auk, 1907, p. L92) : Ardea 
minuta Linne. 
Ardeola Bonaparte, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. ii. p. 307, 1828 [Nov¬ 
ember 1827]. Type (by monotypy): Ardea exilis Gmelin. Not of Boio, Isis, 
heft v. col. 559, 1822, May. 
Ardetta Gray, Appendix List Genera Birds, p. 13 (before April), 1842. Type 
(by original designation): Ardea minuta Linne. 
Erodificus Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb. pt. 6, p. 410 (pref. Oct. 17th), 1841, early 
1842. Type (by monotypy): Ardea minuta Linne. Not Sohoenherr, Isis, 
1825, col. 583. 
Ixobrychus sinensis (Gm.). 
Di>tr. —Siberia, Chinn, and Japan to New Guinea. Carolines, 
Mariannes, and Pelew Islands. 
[Ixobrychus sinensis sinensis (Gm.). (20 227.) 
Ardea sinensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 642, April 20th, 
1789: China. 
Distr . — Japan, Siberia, to China. Extra-limit 1.] 
Ixobrychus sinensis bryani (Seale). 
Ardetta bryani Seale, Oee. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. vol. i. 
p. 27, 1901: Guam. 
Distr. — Guam (and Pelew ?). No authentic Australian records. 
Ixobrychus sinensis astrologus Wetmore. 
Ixobrychus sinensis astrologus Wetmore, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 
vol. xxxi. p. 83,1918: Luzon, Philippine Islands. 
Distr . —Philippine Islands to Celebes. 
Ixobrychus sinensis moorei Wetmore. 
Ixobrychus sinensis moorei Wetmore, Bull. Mus. Compar. Zool. 
vol. lxiii. no. 4, p. 173, 1919 : Uala, Truk Group. 
Distr. —Middle Caroline Islands. 
