Ärdea siagnalis, Gray, Gen. B., vol. iii, App. p. 25, 1849; Cass., U. S. Expl. Exp., p. 297,
1858 ; Gray, List, B. Trop. Isl., Pacific Ocean, p. 49, 1859; Pelz., Voy., Novara, Vög., p. 124,
1865.
Ärdea macrorhyncha, Gray, Gen. B., vol. iii, App. p. 25, 1849; Schl., Mus. P.-B. Ardece, p. 44,
1868.
Butorides javanica, Blyth, Cat. B., Mias. As. Soc., Bengal, p. 281, 1849 ; Bonap. Consp., t. ii,
p. 180, 1857; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 752, 1862; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1868, p. 420 ; Gould,
Handb., B. Austr., vol. ii, p. 816, 1865; Godwin-Austen, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxix,
p. 274, 1870; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 41:3; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872,
p. 47 8 ; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1878, p. 85; Hume, t. c ., pp. 256, 450; Adam., t. c., p. 899;
Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, pp. 810, 488; Ball, t. c., p. 485; Hume, Stray Feathers,
1875, p. 191; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 620, 1873; Salvad., Ucc. Born., p. 851,* 1874;
Blyth & Walden, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., p. 160, 1875; Butler,
Stray Feathers, 1876, pp. 24, 8 5 ; t. c., Fairbank, p. 268; Hume, t.‘ c., p. 405; id., p. 467;
Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 52; Tweedale, op. cit., 1877, p. 828; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc.,
vol. viii, p. 100, 1874; id., op. cit., ix, p. 287, 1875.
Ärdea scapularis, Schl., Faun. Japon. Aves, p. 116, 1850.
Ardetta thalassina, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl., p. 138, 1852.
Herodias javanica, Licht., Nomencl. Av., p. 89, 1854.
Butorides chloriceps, Bonap., Consp. Av., t. ii, p. 129, 1857.
Butorides patruelis, Bonap., t. c., p. 180.
Butorides staynatilis, Bonap., t. c., p. 180.
Butorides macrorhyncha, Bonap., t. c., p. 131, 1857; Gould, Handb., B. Austr., p. 317, 1865.
Ardea (.Butorides) virescens, vor. scapularis, Schrenk, Reis. Amurl. Vög., p. 487, 1859.
Ardeola patruelis, Schmeltz., Cat. Godeffr., t. iii, p. 8.
Buteroides javanicus, Godwin-Austen, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 85; Hume, Stray
Feathers, 1877, p. 47.
a. S Sawady, 80th January 1875.
b. o Bhamd, 4th March 1875.
Common about Bhamd.
Genus N y c t i c o r a x , Stephens.
215. N y c t i c o r a x g r i s e u s , Linn.
Ardea grísea, Linn., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 289,1766.
Ardea nycticorax, Linn., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 285, 1766 ; Lath., Ind. Orn., ii, p. 678, 1790 ; Wils.,
Amer. Om., vii, p. 101, pi. lxi, fig. 2, 1813; Temm., Man. d;Om., p. 577, .1820; Wagl.,
Syst. Av., sp. 31, 1827; Ménétr., Cat. Rais. Zool. Caucas., p. 50, 1832 ; Naum., Vogel., t. 225,
1888; Demid. Voy., Bd. iii, p. 262, 1840; Yarrell, Brit. B., vol. ii, p. 485, 1843; Sundev.,
Svensk. Fogl., pi. lxxv, fig. 4, 1856; Schleg., Vog. Nederl., pi. 193, 1858; Linderm., Vog.,
Griechenl., p. 153, 1860.
Be Bihoreaux, Buff., PI. Enl., t. viii, pis. 758, 759, 1783 ; Briss. Orn., t. v, p. 493, 1790 ; Stephens,
Gen. Zool., vol. xi, p. 609, pi. xlvii, 1819.
Nycticorax europaus, Selby, 111. Om., ii, p. 89, 1838; Gould, B. Eur., vol.iv, pi. 279,1887.
Nycticorax gar deni, Bonap., Comp. List., B. Eur. & N. Amer., p. 48, 1838; Macgill., Brit. B.,
vol. iv, p. 433, 1852.
Nycticorax grisens, Gray, Gen. B., vol. iii, p. 557, 1847; Blyth, Cat. B., Mus. As. Soc., Bengal, p.
281, 1849; Brehm, Naum., 1855, p. 210; Bonap. Consp., t. ii, p. 140, 1857 ; Jaub. & Lapomm.,
Rich. Om., p. 366, 1859; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 758, 1863; Loche, Expl. Sci. Alger., t.
ii, p. 143, 1867; Doderl., Avif. Sicil., p. 217, 1869; David, N. Arch. Mus., t. vii, Bull.,
p. 12> 1871; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872, p. 478; Salvad., Faun. Ital., p. 245, 1872;
Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc., vol. viii, p. 28, 1872; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 270, 1872; Ball, Stray
Feathers, 1878, p. 88; Hume, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 296, 1878; Gould, B. Brit., iv, pi. xxvi,
1878; B all, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 485 ; Salvad., Ucc. Born., p. 356, 1874; Blyth & Walden,
Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, ex. No., p. 161, 1875; Irby, B. Gibr., p. 187, 1875;
Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc., vol. ix, p. 238, 1875; Blanford, E. Pers., p. 296, 1876.
Nyctiardea nycticorax, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p* 413; Gray, Handl., iii, p. 88, 1871 ;
Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 624, 1873; id., Stray Feathers, 1878, p. 256; id., 1875,
p. 192.
a. b. Bhamd, 23rd February 1868.'
This bird was building on a large tree on the high bank of the river outside
the Bhamd stockade. There must have been as many as fifty birds in the heronry.
Family—B A L L IBM .
Genus E r y t h r a , B-eichenbach.
216. E r y t h r a p h c e n i c u r a , Eorster.
Balius phcenicurus, Forster, Zool. Ind. Selc., p. 19,1781; Gm., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 840, 1788.
Fulica chinensis, Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl., p. 54, 1788, ex Buff. PI. Enl., 896.
Gallinula phcenicura, Lath., Ind. Om.,'vol. ii, p. 770, 1790; Less., Tr. d’Orn., p. 534, 1831;
Mottl. & Dilw., Contr. Nat. Hist., Lab., p. 60, 1855; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 720, 1864;
Schl., M. P.-B. Balli, p. 41, 1865; Pelz., Reis. Nov. Vög., p. 162, 1865 ; ^Gray, Handl.
B., iii, p. 67, 1871; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 414 ; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874,
p. 482 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 599, 1873; Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 462; 1874,
p. 800 ; 1875, p. 187.
Gallinula erythrina, Beehst., Kurze Uebersicht, Vög., p. 471, 1811.
Porpyhyriophcenicurus, Vieill.,-N. Diet. dJHist. Nat., xxviii, p. 29,1819.
Gallinula javanica, Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc,, vol. xiii, p. 186, 1821.
Porzanaphcenicura, Blyth, Cat. B., Mus. As. Soc., Bengal, p. 284, 1849; Sclater, Proc. Zool.
Soc., 1868/p. 228; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 25 1 ; 1874, p. 488; Blyth & Walden,
Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, ex No., p. 16, 1875; Butler, Stray Feathers, 1876, pp. 31,
85 ; Fairbank, t. c., p. 268.
ErytTvra phcenicura, Reich., Av. Syst. Nat., p. xxi, 1852; Bonap., C. R., xliii, p. 600, 1856;
Gray, Cat. Hodgs., Nepal, Coll., p. 76, 1868; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc., viii, p. 94, 1872;
Salvad., Ucc. Bom., p. 841; 1874; Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1875, p. I l l ; Walden, Tr. Zool.
Soc., vol. ix, p. 229,1875.
a. Bhamd, February 1868.
Common in Upper Burma.
Genus R a l l i n a , Reichenbach.
217. R a TíL i n a f u s c a , ' Linn.
Le Rasle brun des Philippines, Briss. Gm., t. v, p. 178, pi. xv, fig. 2, 1760:
Rat lus fuscus, Linn., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 262, 1766, ex Briss.
Gallinula rubiginosa, Temm., PL Col., t. v, pL. 857,1825'.