ORDER CICONIIFORMES. 25 



ton, North Carolina south to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argen- 

 tina. Winters in nearly the same area north to the vicinity of Yuma, in 

 California and Arizona, central Arkansas, and central Alabama and occa- 

 sionally to South Carolina. Casual in Ohio. 



Suborder FREGATAE. Man-o'-war-birds. 

 Family FREGATIDAE. Man-o'-war-birds. 



Genus FREGATA Lacepede. 



Fregata Lacepede, Tableaux Oiseaux, 1799, 15. No species mentioned, 

 but obviously based on Pelccanus aquilus Linnaeus. • 



FregSta magnificens Mathews. Man-o'-war-bird. [128.] 



Fregata minor magnificens Mathews, Austral Avian Record, II, No. 6, 

 Dec. 19, 1914, 20. (Harrington, Indefatigable, Albemarle Islands, 

 Galapagos [Archipelago] = Barrington.) 



Range. — Breeds in the West Indies, Bahamas, and on islands off the coast 

 of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea, islands along the west coast of Mexico, 

 and in the Galapagos Islands. Winters in the breeding area and adjacent 

 seas, ranging north more or less regularly to Florida, Louisiana, and the 

 coast of California as far as Humboldt Bay. Casual in Bermuda, South 

 Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Wis- 

 consin, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio.^ 



Order CICONIIFORMES. Herons, Storks, 

 Ibises, Flamingos, and Allies. * 



Suborder ARDEAE. Herons, Bitterns, and 



Allies. 



Family ARDEIDAE. Herons and Bitterns. 

 Subfamily ARDEINAE. Herons and Egrets. 



Genus ARDEA Linnaeus. 



Ai-dea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 141. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Ardea cinerea Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



^ Fregata aquila has been divided into several species and subspecies, F. a. 

 aquil'i being now restricted to Ascension Island. F. minor pahnerstoni has 

 been reported to occur off Cape San Lucas but all available Lower California 

 specimens prove to be magnificens. 



