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Show 1871.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 413 591. BUTORIDES JAVANICUS (Horsf.); Ibis, 1860, pp. 132, 358, 1861, p. 52; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 320. Herodias asha, Ibis, 1860, p. 64. Comes to South China in summer to breed. 592. BUTORIDES MACRORHYNCHUS, Gould. Butorides javanicus, Ibis, 1863, p. 420. A larger bird than the last in all its proportions, but otherwise very similar. Common in Formosa in summer. I procured a male at Amoy on the 26th Aug. 1866. It is the species that visits Japan (Schleg. Mus. des Pays-Bas). 593. ARDEOLA PRASINOSCELES, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 64, 1861, p. 52, 1862, p. 258, 1863, p. 421 (errore), 1870, p. 365; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 319. Resident in South China and westwards to Szechuen. Found as far south as Cochin China. In Siam and Malacca is replaced by the A. malaccensis (Gmel.), A. bacchus, Bp. I entered it in my Formosan list on insufficient evidence. It has not occurred on that island. 594. NYCTIARDEA NYCTICORAX (L.). Nycticorax griseus, Ibis, 1860, p. 358, 1861, pp. 53, 56, 344, 1863, p. 423, 1866, p. 293, 1870, p. 365 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 320. Nycticorax manillensis!, Ibis, 1860, p. 65. Resident throughout China and Formosa. 595. GoiSACHIUS MELANOLOPHUS. Ardea melanolopha, Raffles, Linn. Trans, vol. xiii. part 2, p. 326. Ardea goisagi (Temm.), Pl. Col. 582; Faun. Jap. pl. 75; Ibis, 1865, p. 358, 1866, pp. 122, 403. Nycticorax melanolophus, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 320. Formosa. Procured also from Japan, the Philippines, Sumatra, Arracan, and Ceylon. 596. BOTAURUS STELLARIS, L.; Ibis, 1861, p. 410; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 320. Throughout China. 597. ARDETTA FLAVICOLLIS (Lath.); Ibis, 1862, p. 258, 1863, p. 422; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 320. Foochow and Hankow. 598. ARDETTA CINNAMOMEA (Gmel.); Ibis, 1860, p. 65, 1861, p. 53; 1862, p. 258, 1863, p. 422 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 320. Throughout China and Formosa in summer. |