ORDER HERODIONES. 135 



SUBFAMILY ARDEIN^. HERONS AND EGRETS. 



GENUS ARDEA LINN. 

 SUBGENUS ARDEA. 



Ardea LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 141. .Type, by elimination, A. 

 cinerea LINN. 



192. Ardea occidentalis AUD. 



Great White Heron. 



Ardea occidentalis AUD. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 542. 

 [B 489, C 451, R 486, C 656, part.} 

 HAB. Florida; Jamaica; accidental in Southern Illinois. 



193. Ardea wardi RIDGW. 



Ward's Heron 



Ardea wardi RIDGW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII. Jan 1882, 5. 



[B-C-R-C-.] 

 HAB. Florida. 



194. Ardea herodias LINN. 



Great Blue Heron. 



Ardea herodias LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 143. 

 [B 487, C 449, R 487, C 655.] 



HAB. North America, from the Arctic regions southward to the 

 West Indies and Northern South America. 



[195.] Ardea cinerea LINN. 



European Blue Heron. 



Ardea cinerea LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 143. 

 [B , C , R 488, C 657.] 



HAB. Most of the Eastern Hemisphere ; accidental in Southern 

 Greenland. 



