18 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM [vol.82 



Order CICONIIFORMES 

 Family ARDEIDAE, Herons and Bitterns 



ARDEA HERODIAS ADOXA Oberholser 



West Indian Great Blue Heron 



Ardea herodias adoxa Oberholser, Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus., vol. 43, Dec. 12, 1912, 

 p. 544 (Curasao Island). 



One of these herons was seen on March 30 on the bay at the Fond 

 Blanc plantation near Terrier Rouge, Haiti, and another on May 9 

 near Barahona, Dominican Republic. 



CASMERODIUS ALBUS EGRETTA (Gmelin) 



Egret 



Ardea Egretta Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 629 (Cayenne). 



One egret was seen near our camp on Beata Island on May 11, 

 and one was observed in a marshy pasture near Thomazeau, Haiti, 

 on May 22. 



HYDRANASSA TRICOLOR RUFICOLLIS (Gosse) 



Louisiana Heron 



Egretta ruficollis Gosse, Birds of Jamaica, 1847, p. 338 (Burnt Savanna River, 

 Jamaica) . 



This heron was observed at Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on March 26, and 

 at Beata Island, Dominican RepubUc, on May 12 and 15. 



FLORroA CAERULEA CAERULESCENS (Latham) 



Little Blue Heron 



Ardea caerulescens Latham, Index Orn., vol. 2, 1790, p. 690 (Cayenne). 



Individuals were seen near Cap-Haitien on March 26, Terrier 

 Rouge on March 29, lie a Vache on April 29, and near St. Louis on 

 April 30. 



BUTORIDES VIRESCENS MACULATUS (Boddacrt) 



West Indian Green Heron 



Cancroma maculata Boddaert, Table Planches Enl., 1783, p. 54 (Martinique, 

 Lesser Antilles). 



Following are records for this widely distributed form: Cap-Haitien, 

 Haiti, March 26; crossing of the Roseaux River, below Bois Lacombe 

 April 10 and 23 ; lie a Vache, April 27 to 30; Jacmel, May 5; San Juan, 

 Dominican Republic, May 6; Barahona, May 9; Beata Island, May 

 13 and 15; Comendador, May 20; Thomazeau, Haiti, May 22; 

 L'Arcahaie, May 23. 



