. A key to the birds of Australia : with their geographical distribution . an oar-blade ; ibis, : flavus, yellow ; pes, foot. Order—HERODIONES : erodios, —ARDEIDJi : ardea, heron ; eidos, —ARDEA : ardea, : Sumatra. : cinereus. ashy. Genus—MESOPKOYX : mesos. middle; phoxos, tapering to a point. 709. plumifera : pluina, feather ; fero, to carry. Genus—HERODIAS : erodios, heron. 710. timoriensis : timer, Timor. 705. 706. Genus—NOTOPHOYX : noton, the back : phoxos, tapering to a point. 711. novae-hollandisB : nova-hoUandia
. A key to the birds of Australia : with their geographical distribution . an oar-blade ; ibis, : flavus, yellow ; pes, foot. Order—HERODIONES : erodios, —ARDEIDJi : ardea, heron ; eidos, —ARDEA : ardea, : Sumatra. : cinereus. ashy. Genus—MESOPKOYX : mesos. middle; phoxos, tapering to a point. 709. plumifera : pluina, feather ; fero, to carry. Genus—HERODIAS : erodios, heron. 710. timoriensis : timer, Timor. 705. 706. Genus—NOTOPHOYX : noton, the back : phoxos, tapering to a point. 711. novae-hollandisB : nova-hoUandia,Sevf \la,nd. 712. pacilica : pacificm. Pacific. 713. flavirostris : /?ay(«s, yellow; rostrum, bill. 714. aruensis : ^r«, a group of islands. Genus—GARZETTA : It. garzetta, egret. 715. nigripes : niger, \)\ack ; pes, foot. Genus—DEMIEGRETTA : clemi, half; French aigrette, heron. 716. sacra : sacnis, sacred. Genus—NYCTICORAX : iiui, nuktos, night; A-orax, raven. 717. caledonicus: Scottish. Genus—BUTOR IDES. 718. stagnatilis : belonging to Species 739.—Bi-ack-throatkd Grebe (^ nat. size). Genus—ARDETTA : ardea, heron. 719. sinensiS : nnensis probably means Chinese. 720. pusilla : pusillus, small. Genus—DUPETOR : Greek for rattler. 721. gouldi : Gould, a proper name. Genus—BOTAURUS : bos, ox; taurus, bull. 722. pceciloptilus : poikilos, spotted ; ptilon, wing. Family—CICONIID^i;: eiconia, stork, probably reduplicated from cano. to sing{Cent. Diet.) Suh-family—CICONIIN.^ : eiconia, stork. Genus—XENORHYNCHUS : xenos, strange; rhugchos (rhunchos), bill. 723. asiaticus ; asiaticus. Asiatic. 99 713. N- flavirOStris, Sharpe (Herodias picata, Gld. ; Demiegretta picata), Pied Egret. Crest, crown of head, and sides of face black ; throat, cheeks, andneck white ; bill, legs, and feet greenish-yellow. Total length, 19 in. ; culmen, 2 o in.; wing, 87in. ; tail, .1 in. ;tarsus, 2 8 in. Hab. : 1. 714. N. ariiensiS, Gray, Allied Egret. Whole head an
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