LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 339 



ORDER ODONTOGLOSS^E. 



Lamellirostral Grallatores. 

 FAMILY PHCENICOPTERID^E. Flamingoes. 



A-^tf- GENUS PHCENICOPTERUS. LINN. 



138 (182) PHCENICOPTERUS RUBER. (LiNN.) American Flamingo. 



Tropical species ; a small colony exists in southern Florida. 



ORDER HERODIONES. 



Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills, etc. 



Suborder IBIDES. Spoonbills and Ibises. 



FAMILY PLATALEID>E. Spoonbills. 



GENUS AJAJA. REICH. 



139 (183) AJAJA AJAJA. (LiNN.) Roseate Spoonbill. 



Tropical species ; ranges throughout South America ; resident in Gulf 

 States and Florida. 



FAMILY IBIDID/E. Ibises. 



GENUS QUARA. REICH. 



140 (184) GUARA ALBA. (Lira.) White Ibis. 



South Atlantic and Gulf States ; south throughout West Indies to 

 northern South America ; accidental in New England and Illinois. 



141 (185) QUARA RUBRA. (Lira.) Scarlet Ibis. 



A tropical species ; no evidence of its recent occurrence in North 

 America. 



GENUS PLEQAD1S. KAUP. 



142 (186) PLEQADIS AUTUMNALIS. (HASSELQ.) Glossy Ibis. 



Tropical species ; casual in United States ; New P^ngland, Illinois. 



143 (187) PLEGADIS GUARAUNA. (Lira.) White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



Western species ; once recorded from Florida. 



Suborder CICONI>E. Storks, etc. 



FAMILY CICONIID/e. Storks and Wood Ibises. 



Subfamily TANTALIN/E. Wood Ibises. 

 GENUS TANTALUS. LINN. 



144 (188) TANTALUS LOCULATOR. LINN. Wood Ibis. 



Southwestern species common and resident in Florida, where it breeds 

 in colonies ; accidental north to New York. 



