NO. 1939. REVISION OP ARDEA H^RODIAS—OBERHOLSER. 



539 



Measurements of specimens of Ardea herodias herodias — -Continued. 



Museum and No. 



Am. Mus. N. H. 



73573. 1 

 Am. Mus. N. H. 



45753. 



A.N.S.Phila.39659. 



A.N.S.Phila.39660. 

 A.N.S.Phila.2C.025. 



A.N.S.Phila.58251 



A.N.S.Phila.349ir) 

 A.N.S.Phila.48276. 

 W.Stone 1207.. 



Am. Mus. N. H. 



74173. 

 U.S.N.M. 1.59980.. 



U.S.N.M 



U.S.N .M 



A.N.S.Phila.26027 



Sex. 



Female 

 juv. 



Juv.. 

 ..do. 



..do. 



Juv. 



Juv. 



Juv. 



Locality. 



Prospect 

 Lake, Brit. 

 Col. 



Long Island, 

 N. Y. 



Mouth of Del 

 aware Riv- 

 er [N.J.?] 



do 



Cape May 

 Co., N.J. 



South At- 

 lantic City, 

 N.J. 



M a sonville, 

 N.J. 



Salem Co., 

 N.J. 



Atlantic 

 City, N.J. 



Cape Charles, 

 Va. 



Dismal 



Swamp, Va. 



Castleberry, 

 Ala. 



do 



W i n nebago 

 Co, Iowa. 



Date. 



Sept.18, 1890 



Jan. 26,1903 



...do 



Nov .27, 1878 



Sept.—, 1899 



Feb. 6,1905 



Oct. 2,1892 



Jan. 1,1901 



June 20, 1897 



Nov.18,1911 



Nov.10,1911 

 Aug.l9, 1879 



Collector. 



mm 

 442 



W.D.Winsor 



do 



AV. L. Ab- 

 bott. 



C. W. Buv- 

 ingerand J. 

 A.G.Rehn. 



L.Rodgers.. 



W.Hughes.. 



I. N. De Ha- 

 ven. 

 G.A.Smith. 



D. W. Pren- 

 tiss, jr. 



W.Matthews 



do 



W. L. Ab- 

 bott. 



mm 

 173 



432 175 



i 



430! 159 

 432 164 



470 177 



451 

 445 

 452 



445 



450 



464 



490 

 435 



180 



179 



174 



181 



177 



181 



184 

 171 





mm 

 123 



134.5 

 133.5 



mm 

 27.5 



25.5 

 25.5 



27 

 26 



27.5 



25.5 



25 



27.5 



28.5 



27.5 



28 



mm 

 161 



159,5 

 173 



167 

 170.5 



193 



160 



176 



181 



179.5 



195 



179 



29.8195 

 26.5 169 



mm 

 89.5 



101.5 

 94.5 



111 



103 



101 



106.5 



109 



117 



102 



114 

 99 



ARDEA HERODIAS WARDI Ridgway. 



Ardea wardi Ridoway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vol. 7, January, 1882, p. 5 (Oyster 

 Bay, Florida). 



Chars, snhsp. — Similar to Ardea herodias herodias, but decidedly 

 larger in all its measurements; upper surface and neck lighter in color. 



Measurements. — Total length (in flesh), 1295-1335 mm.; extent 

 of wing, 1970-2090. 



Male:^ Wing, 486-518 (average, 497.7) mm.; tail, 181-209 (191.5); 

 exposed culmen, 146-167 (156.9); height of bill at 'base, 28.5-32 

 (30.8); tarsus, 195-232 (210.9); middle toe, 115-129 (119.9). 



Female: 3 Wing, 471-489 (477.2); tail, 173-192 (181.5); exposed 

 culmen, 140-147 (143.7); height of bill at base, 27-30.5 (28.1); 

 tarsus, 189-214 (205.4); middle toe, 111-123 (116.2). 



Type-locality. — Oyster Bay, Florida. 



Geographical distribution. — Southeastern United States to central 

 Mexico : In summer chiefly the Lower Austral Zone, north to Hilton- 

 head, southeastern South Carolina; southern Georgia; southern 

 Alabama; Knox County, southwestern Indiana; Mount Carmel, 

 southeastern Illinois; Henry County, southeastern Iowa; and Kansas; 

 west to Kansas; central Oklahoma; Gainesville and probably Gurley, 



' Full grown, but ia juvenile plumage. 



2 Fourteen specimens, from Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Jalisco. 



^ Eight spexjimens, from Florida. 



