_Ardea (Butorides) virescens_ var. _amurensis_ Schrenck, Reise Amur
Lande, 1, pt. 2, 1860, p. 441. (Type locality, Amurland.)
_Butorides striatus javanicus_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev.,
1932, p. 183 (Koror, Babelthuap).
_Butorides striatus amurensis_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed.,
1942, p. 204 (Babelthuap, Koror); Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific,
1945, p. 302 (Palau).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northeastern Asia, China, Japan,
Bonins. Winters south to Philippines and Malaysia. In Micronesia:
Palau Islands--Babelthuap, Koror.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 2 females, from Palau Islands,
AMNH--exact locality not given (Nov. 13, Dec. 17-18).
_Remarks._--The Amur Green Heron has been recorded as a winter visitor
to the Palau Islands. Two females taken by Coultas in November and
December, 1931, are immature. He comments (field notes) that he saw, in
all, three birds in taro patch and mangrove swamp habitat.
=Bubulcus ibis coromandus= (Boddaert)