LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CXLIX. Genus NOTOPHOYX. 
Notophoyx Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. V., p. xiii., Dec. 30th, 1805. Type (by original designation): 
Ardea novcehollandice Latham. 
164. NOTOPHOYX NOVCEHOLLANDICE. WHITE-FRONTED HERON. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 53 (pt. xxviii.), Sept. 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 188, March 
26th, 1914. 
Ardea novEehollandize Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. II., p. 701, 1790 (before Dec. 9th): New South Wales. 
Ardea leucops Wagler, Syst. Av. Ardea, sp. 17, p. (181), Oct. 1827. New name for A . novoehollandice Latham. 
Notophoyx novcehollandtcB parryi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 231, Jan. 31st, 1912: Parry’s Creek, 
North-west- Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. Extra-limital. 
CL. Genus MY OLA. 
Myola Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 195, March 20tli, 1913. Type (by original designation): 
Ardea pacifica Latham. 
165. MYOLA PACIFICA. WHITE-NECKED HERON. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 52 (pt. xxvii.), June 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 5, pi. 189, March 
26th, 1914. 
Ardea pacifica Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. Ixv., 1801 after May : New South Wales. 
Ardea bidlaragany Wagler, Syst. Av. Ardea, sp. 5, p. (175), Oct. 1827. New name for A. pacifica Latham. 
Notophoyx pacifica alexandri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII, p. 231, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Alexandra, Northern 
Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLI. Genus TONOPHOYX. 
Tonophoyx Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 195, March 20th, 1913. Type (by original designation): 
Notophoyx flavirostris Sharpe. 
166. TONOPHOYX ARUENSIS. PIED EGRET. 
[Ardea aruensia Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1858, p. 188, July 13th : Ani Islands. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 62 (pt. xxiv.), Sept. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pi. 190, June 
25th, 1914. 
Ardea ( Herodias) picata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Loud.), 1845, p. 62, Sept. : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Not of Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc., Vol. XIII., p. 326, 1822. 
Notophoyx llavirostris Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XVI., p. 654, 1898, Intro. Oct. 6tli: Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Tonophoyx aruensia normani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 126, Jan. 28th, 1915: Alexandra, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory', North Queensland. 
CLII. Genus DEMIGRETTA. 
Demigretta Blytli, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. XV., p. 372, 1846. Type (by inonotvpy): Demigrelta concclcr 
Blyth. 
Hemi-egretta Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. II., p. 120, 1855 : after April loth. Alternative spelling only. 
167. DEMIGRETTA MATOOK. BLUE REEF HERON. 
[Ardea matook Vieillot, Kouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., Vol. XIV., p. 416, Sept. 13th, 1817: Queen Charlotte Sound, 
New Zealand. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 60 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pi. 191, June 
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