352 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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Believed to be either the colored phase of A. ocridcntalis AUD., or 

 an abnormal specimen of A. wardi RIDGVV. (Cf. RIDGW. Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. IV. No. i, 1878, pp. 229-236; Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, VII. 1882, pp. 1-6 ; Auk, I. 1884, pp. 161-163 ; Water B. 

 N. Am. I. 1884, pp. 7-13.) 



10. Ardea (Dichromanassa) pealei BONAP. 



Peale's Egret. 



Ardea pealei BONAP. Ann. Lye. N. Y. II. 1826, 154. 



[B 482, C 355, part, R ^\,part, C 66i,part.~\ 



Supposed to be the white phase of A. rufa BODD., but possibly enti- 

 tled to recognition as a local or geographical race. 



FAMILY SCOLOPACHLE. 



11. Tringa (Actodromas) cooperi BAIRD. 



Cooper's Sandpiper. 



Tringa cooperi BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 716. 

 [B 527, C 422, R 535 , C6i8.] 



Known only from the single specimen from which the species was 

 originally described, taken on Long Island, in May, 1833, and still 

 extant in the National Museum. The status of the species is in 

 doubt. 



FAMILY CATHARTID^l. 



GENUS GYPAGUS VIEILLOT. 



Gypagus VIEILL. Analyse, 1816, 21. Type, by elimination, Vultur 

 papa LINN. 



12. Gypagus papa (LINN.). 



King Vulture. 



Vultur papa LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 86. 



apa VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXVI. 1819, 456. 



[B - C -, R - C -.] 



