APPENDIX. 



COUES KEY, 



650. Plegadis yuarauna. 



651. Eudocimus albus. 



652. ruber. 

 G53. Ajaja rosea. 



648. Tantalops loculator. 

 654. Mycteria americana. 

 Ardea hei'odias. 



occidentalis. 



wardi. 



1884. 



655. 

 656. 

 000. 

 657. 

 658. 

 659. 



cinerea. 

 Herodias egretta. 

 Garzetta candidissima. 



660. Hydranassa tricolor. 



661. Dichromanassa rufa. 



662. Florida ccsrulea. 

 66o. Butorides rufescens. 



192. occidentalis. 



193. wardi. 

 [195.] cinerea. 



196. egretta. 



197. candidissima. 



199. tricolor ruficollis. 



198. rufa. 



200. coerulea. 



201. Ardea virescens. 



202. Nycticorax nycticorax nsevius. 



203. violaceus. 

 190. Botaurus lentiginosus. 

 191- exilis. 

 000. [Not admitted in the List.] 



QQl his. JldJ.- Ardetta neoxena. Florida Dwarf Bittern. Crown, back and tail 

 black, glossed with green. Sides of head and throat chestnut, the feathers on the back of 

 the neck tipped with greenish-black. Breast and under parts rufous chestnut, nearly uni- 

 form, shading into blackish on the sides ; under tail-coverts dull black ; upper wing-coverts 

 rufous chestnut, the under ones paler chestnut; all the remiges slaty plumbeous. Length 

 10.80; wing 4.30; tarsus 1.40; bill 1.80. Southwestern Florida. The Auk, April, 1886, 

 p. 262. 



664. 

 665. 

 606. 



Nyctiardea grisea naevia. 

 Nycterodius violaceus. 

 Botaurus mugitans. 

 Ardetta exilis. 



UNION LIST, 1886. 



187. Plegadis guarauua. 

 184. Guara alba. 



[185.] rubra. 



183. Ajaja ajaja. 



188. Tantalus loculator. 

 [189.] Mycteria americana. 



194. Ardea herodias. 



668. Grus americana. 



669. canadensis. 



670. pratensis. 



671. Aramus pictus. 



672. Parra gymuostoma. 



673. Rallus longirostris crepitans. 



674. longirostris obsoletus. 



675. longirostris saturatus. 



676. elegans. 



210. 



211a. 



208. 



209. 



676 his. Add: Rallus beldingi. Belding's Rail. 



and richer colored throughout, the white bars of the flanks 



204. Grus americana. 



205. canadensis. 



206. mexicana. 



207. Aramus giganteus. 

 [288.] Jacana gymnostoma. 



211. Rallus longirostris crepitans, 

 obsoletus. 



longirostris saturatus. 

 elegans. 

 beldingi. 



Most like R. elegans, but darker 

 much narrower, the blackish bars 



very distinct. Wing 5.70; tail 2.50; bill 2.15; tarsus 1.90. A species which takes its 

 place in the Key under our ruling to admit the islands pertaining to Lower California. 

 Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., v. 1882, p. 345. 



677. Rallus virginianus. 



678. Porzana maruetta. 



679. Carolina. 



680. noveboracensis. 



681. jamaicensis. 



212. Rallus virginianus. 

 [213.] Porzana porzana. 



214. Carolina. 



215. noveboracensis. 



216. jamaicensis. 



