ARDEID2E. —AN AT ID jE. 
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Botaurus poiciloptilus maorianus I. & M. 
Botauruspoiciloptilus maorianus Iredale & Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. 
Club, vol. xlvi. j). 70, Feb. 25th, 1920: New Zealand. New name 
for the following. (Fig. Buller, 2nd ed. pi. 37.) 
Botaurus melanotus Gray, in Dieffenbach’s Travels in New Zealand, mid-Jan. 
vol. ii. p. 19G, 1843: New Zealand. Not Botaurus melanotos Brehm, Isis, 
1842, belt x. for Oct. cols. 771, 779. 
Distr . — New Zen land. 
Order ANATIFORMES. 
Family ANATIDiE. 
Genus CHENOPIS Wagler. 
Chenopis Wagler, Isis, Nov. 1832, heft xi. eol. 1234. Type (by 
monotvpy) : Anas atrata Latham. 
Chenopis atrata (Latham). 
Distr. —Australia generally and Tasmania. 
Chenopis atrata atrata (Latham). (27-41.) 
Anas atrata Latham, Index Orn. vol. ii. p. 834 (before Dec. 9th), 
1790) : New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, vii. pi. 0; Math. pi. 200.) 
Anser noviehollandite Bonnaterre, Tabl. Encyel. Moth. vol. i. p. 108, 1791 : New 
South Wales. 
Anas plutonia Shaw & Nodder, Nat. Miscell. vol. iii. pi. 108, July 1st, 1792: 
New South Wales. 
Anas cygnus niger Perry, Arcana, pt. 15, pi. 59, March 1st, 1811 : New South 
Wales. 
I)istr .—Eastern Australia and Tasmania. 
Chenopis atrata roberti Mathews. 
Chenopis atrata roberti Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 446, Jan. 
31st, 1912: Augusta, South-West Australia. 
Distr . —West Australia. 
Genus ANSER Briss. 
Anscr Brisson, Orn. vol. i. p. 58 & vol. vi. p. 261, 1760. Type (by 
tautonymy) : Anas ferns Briinn. 
Anser albifrons (Scop.). 
Distr. —Northern Pal rearc tic Regions, Africa, America to 
Hawaiian Islands, 
