LIST OE BIRDS OE AUSTRALIA. 
Demigretta sacra cooktown! Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 232, Jon. 31st, 1912 : Cooktown, Queensland. 
Dcmigrctta sacra tormenti Mathews, ib .: Point. Torment, North-west Australia. 
Demigretta rnatook carteri Mathews, Bull. B.O.C., Vol. XL., Feb. 1920; Capo Leeuwin, Soutli-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
168. DEMIGRETTA GREYI. WHITE REEF HERON. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 61 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pi. 192, June 
26th, 1914. 
Hcrodias greyi Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxxiii. (Vol. VI., pi. 61), Dec. 1st, 1848 : Raine Island, Queensland. 
Demigretta sacra buchanani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 85, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Buchanan Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia. 
CLIII. Genus NYCTICORAX. 
Nycticorax Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 59, Dec. 1817. Type (by monotypv): N . in/auslus Forster= 
Ardea nycticorax Linn6. 
Nyctiardea Swainson, Clnssif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 354, July 1st, 1837. New name for Nycticorax Forster. 
Scotoma Keyserling und Blasius, Wirbelth. Europa's, pp. lxxx., 220 (before April), 1840. New name for above. 
Nyclerodiua Maegillivray, Manual Brit. Birds, Vol. II., p. 126, May 28th, 1842 : New name for above. 
169. NYCTICORAX CALEDONICUS. NIGHT HERON. 
[Ardea caledonica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 626, April 20th, 1789 : New Caledonia. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 63 (pt. xxiv.). Sept. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pi. 193, June 
25th, 1914. 
Ardea maculata Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. lxiv., 1801, after May : New South Wales. 
Not Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 645, 1789. 
Nycticorax caledonicuB hilli Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 233, Jan. 31st, 1912: Parry’s Creek, North¬ 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLTV. Genus BUTORIDES . 
Butorides Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Bengal, p. 281, (pref. June) 1852. Type (by monotypv): Ardea 
javanica Horsfield. 
Ocniscns Cabanis, Joum. fur Ornitli., 1856 (No. 23), Sept., p. 343. New’ name for Butorides Blyth. 
Toburides Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 195, March 20th, 1913 : Type (by original designation) : 
Butorides rogersi Mathews. 
170. BUTORIDES STRIATA. LITTLE MANGROVE BITTERN. 
[Ardea striata Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 144, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Surinam, South America. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI,. pi, 66 (jjt. xxxi.), June 1st, 1848; pi. 67 (pt. xxxiv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. 
Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pis. 194 and 195, June 25th, 1914. 
Ardetta stagnates Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1847, p. 221, March 29tli, 1848 : Port Essington, Northern 
Territory'. 
Ardetta macrorhyncha Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxxi. (Vol. 6, pi. 66), June 1st, 1848: (Gosford), New South Wales. 
Butorides javanica liitleri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 233, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cooktown, North Queensland. 
Distribution. North-west and mid-West Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales. 
171. BUTORIDES ROGERSI. RED MANGROVE BITTERN. 
Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 6, pi. 196, June 25th, 1914. 
.Butorides rogersi Mathew’s, Bull. Brit. Orn.Club, Vol. XXVII., p. 101, July 30tli, 1911 : Onslow, mid-West Australia. 
Distribution. North-west Australia. 
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