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Family Ardeidse. 

 Ardea occidentalis Aud. 



Mr. Lowe states: "An example of Ardea occidentalis was caught 

 alive and liberated." (Ibis, 1907, p. 554.) 



Ardea herodias Linn. 



Mr. Lowe procured a specimen on Margarita Island, January 6, 

 1904. (Ibis, 1907, p. 554.) 



Herodias egretta (Gmel.}. 



Recorded from Margarita Island by Mr. Lowe. (Ibis, 1907, 

 P- 554-) 



Egretta candidissima (Gmel.). 



Leucophoyx candidissima Lowe, Ibis, 1907, p. 554. 



Also recorded from Margarita by Messrs. Robinson and Clark. 



Florida cserulea (Linn.). 



Recorded by Mr. Lowe. (Ibis, 1907, p. 550.) 



Hydranassa tricolor ruficollis (Gosse). 



3 specimens, i <5\ 2 9 , taken by Mr. Ferry. 



Butorides virescens robinsoni (Richmond). 



Butorides robinsoni Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XVIII, 

 1895, p. 655. 



Seen but not taken by Mr. Ferry. 



Nycticorax nycticorax mevius (Bodd.). 



i specimen, a female, taken by Mr. Ferry. It had not previously 

 been recorded from Margarita. 



Nyctanassa violacea (Linn.}. 



i specimen, 9 , being, as far as I am aware, the first record of its 

 occurrence on the island. Mr. Ferry also obtained a bird of this 

 species on Islas de Aves. 



Family Scolopacidse. 



Pisobia minutilla (Vieill.). 



Limonites minutilla Lowe, Ibis, 1907, p. 553. 



Not uncommon, i specimen, 9, taken March 12 by Mr. Ferry; 

 also taken by Mr. Lowe, January 6, 1904. 



