136 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



SUBGENUS HERODIAS BOIE. 



Herodias BOIE, Isis, 1822, 559. Type, by elimination, Ardea egretia 

 GMEL. 



196. Ardea egretta GMEL. 



American Egret. 



Ardea egretta GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 629. 



[B 486, 486*, C 452, R 489, C 658.] 



HAB. Temperate and tropical America, from New Jersey, Minne- 

 sota, and Oregon south to Patagonia ; casually on the Atlantic coast 

 to Nova Scotia. 



SUBGENUS GARZETTA KAUP. 



Garsetta KAUP, Skizz. Entw. Gesch. 1829, 76. Type, Ardea gar- 

 zetta LINN. 



197. Ardea candidissixna GMEL. 



Snowy Heron. 



Ardea candidissima GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 633. 

 [B 485, C 453, R 490, C 659.] 



HAB. Temperate and tropical America, from Long Island and 

 Oregon south to Buenos Ayres ; casual on the Atlantic coast to Nova 

 Scotia. 



SUBGENUS DICHROMANASSA RIDGWAY. 



Dichromanassa RIDGW. Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. IV. 

 Feb. 5, 1878, 246. Type, Ardea rufa BODD. 



198. Ardea rufa BODD. Cl ^^^^) /&M E L , 



Reddish Egret. 



Ardea rufa BODD. Tabl. P. E. 1783, 54. 



[B 483, 482, C'455, R 491. C 66 1.] 



HAB. Gulf States and Mexico south to Guatemala, Jamaica, and 

 Cuba ; north to Southern Illinois. 



SUBGENUS HYDRANASSA BAIRD. 



Hydranassa BAIKD, B. N. Am. 1858, 660 (in text). Type, Ardea 

 ludovidaiia WILS. = A. tricolor MULL. 



