LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
160. TYPHON SUMATRAN US. GREAT-BILLED HERON. 
[ Ardea sumatrana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIIT., pt. 2, p. 325, 1822. Sumatra. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 54 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 184, March 
26th, 1914. 
Ardea sumatrana mathewsae MathewH, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 230, Jan. 31st, 1912: Cooktown, Queensland. 
Ardea sumatrana gilberti Mathews, ib. : Derby, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Northern New South Wales. 
CXLVI. Genus EGRETTA. 
Egretta Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 59, Dec. 1817. Type (by monotypy): Ardea garzctta Linn6. 
Herodias Boie, Isis, 1822, heft v., col. 559, May. Type (by subsequent designation, Gray, p. 86, 1841) : A. garzetta 
Linn6. 
Garzctta Kaup, Skizz. Entwick-Gesch., Nat. Syst., p. 76, (pref. April) 1829. Type (by tautonyiny): A. garzetta 
Linnd. 
161. EGRETTA GARZETTA. LESSER EGRET. 
[Ardea garzetta Linne, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., p. 237, pret. May 24th, 1766 : Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VT., pi. 58 (pt. xxv.), Dec. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 185, March 
26th, 1914. 
Herodias Immaculata Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxv. (Vol. VI., pi. 58), Dec. 1st, 1846: Port Essington, Northern 
Territory. 
Egretta garzetta kempi 3Iathews, Austral Av. Reo., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 56, April 7th, 1916 : North Queensland. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and rarer in New South Wales and 
Victoria. 
CXLVII. Genus MESOPHOYX. 
Mesophoyx Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. III., p. xxxviii., April 30th, 1894. Type (by original designation): 
Ardea intermedia Wagler. 
162. MESOPHOYX INTERMEDIA. PLUMED EGRET. 
[Ardea intermedia Wagler, Isis, 1829, heft vi., col. 659, Juno, ex Hasselt MS.: Java. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 57 (pt. xxxii.), Sept. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 186, March 
26th, 1914. 
Herodias plumiferus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1847, p. 221, March 29th, 1848 : New’ South Wales. 
Mesophoyx intermedia lerritori Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 126, Jan. 28tli, 1915: Northern 
Territory. 
Distribution. Northern Territory’, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 
CXLVIII. Genus GASMEROD1US. 
Casmerodius Gloger, Hand-u. Hilfsb., pt. 6, p. 412, (pref. Oct. 17th, 1841) early 1842. Type (by subsequent 
designation, Salvadori, Omith. Pap. e Molucche, Vol. II., p. 349, (pref. May) 1881 : Ardea egretta 
Gmelin. 
163. CASMERODIUS ALBUS. WHITE EGRET. 
[.4rdeo alba Linnd, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 144, Jan. 1st, 1758. Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 56 (pt. xxiv), Sept. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 187, March 
26th, 1914. 
Herodias syrmatophorus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxiv. (Vol. VI., pi. 56), Sept. 1st, 1846 : New South Wales. 
Egretta alba neglecla Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 230, Jan. 31st, 1912: Parry's Creek, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania 
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