34 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Guara Slba (Linnaeus). White Ibis. [184.] 



Scolopax alba Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 145. Based on The 

 White Curlew, Numenius albus Catesby, Carolina, I, 82. (in America 

 = South Carolina.) 



Range. — Breeds from southern Lower California, central Mexico, Texas, 

 Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina south to the West Indies, Venezuela, 

 and Peru. Winters from central Mexico and the coasts of Louisiana and 

 Florida southward. Casual in Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, North Caro- 

 lina, Vermont, Connecticut, and New York (Long Island). 



• Guara rubra (Linnaeus). Scarlet Ibis. [185.] 



Scolopax rubra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 145. Based mainly 

 on The Red Curlew, Numenius ruber Catesby, Carolina, I, 84. (in 

 America = Bahamas.) 



Range. — Tropical South America. Casual in the West Indies and Central 

 America, and recorded as an accidental straggler in New Mexico,^ Texas,^ 

 Louisiana,' and Florida.* 



Subfamily PLATALEINAE. Spoonbills. 



Genus AJAIA Reichenbach. ' 



Ajaia Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat., 1852 [1853], xvi. Type, by orig. 

 desig., Ajaia rosea Reichenbach = Platalea ajaja Linnaeus. 



Ajaia ajaja (Linnaeus). Roseate Spoonbill. [183.] 



Platalea Ajaja Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 140. Based mainly 

 on the Aiaia Brasiliensibus Marcgrave, Nat. Hist. Brazil, 204. (in 

 America australi = Brazil.) 



Range. — Breeds locally in southern Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, central and 

 southern Florida (Tampa Bay but not breeding), the Bahamas, Cuba, and 

 central Mexico south to Argentina and Chile. Formerly casual north to 

 Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and South Carolina; accidental in California, 

 Utah, Kansas, Colorado, Wisconsin, and the Falkland Islands. 



1 Coues, Key N. Amer. Birds, 1872, 264. 



2 Sell, Condor, XX, 1918, 78. 



3 Audubon, Orn. Biog., V, 1839, 62. 



* Brewster, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, VIII, 1883, 185. 



