96 AKDEID^. 



Handb. Jamaica, p. Ill (1881) ; Berlepsch, Ibis, 1884, p. 438 

 (Angostura); Barrows, Auk,i.^. 271 (1884: Uruguay, breeding) ; 

 Seton, Auk, ii. p. 336 (1885 : Lake Nipissing) ; Evenn. Auk, iii. 

 p. 91 (1886: Ventura Co.); Scott, t. c. p. 385 (Arizona); Tacz. 

 Orn. Perou, iii. p. 391 (1886 : Junin) ; Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mm. ix. p. 169 (1886 : Jalapa) ; A.O. U.Check-l. p. 136 (1886) ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 169 (Bartica Grove) ; liidc/w. Man. p. 130 

 (1887) ; Treat, Auk, iv. p. 78 (1887 : Connecticut) ; Scott, t. c. 

 pp. 136, 215 (S. Florida) ; Cory, t. c. p. 324 (Bahamas) ; Scl. ^ 

 Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. p. 98 (1888) ; Richm. Auk, v. p. 19 

 (1888: Distr. Columbia); Merrill, t. c. x. p. 143 (Ft. Klamath) ; 

 Chapm. t. c. p. 269 (Florida) ; Everm. t. c. p. 348 (Indiana) ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1889, p. 376 (Cozumel) ; Feilden, t. c. p. 498 (Bar- 

 bados) ; Scott, Auk, vi. p. 17 (1889: Gulf Coast of Florida); 

 Pindar, t. c. p. 312 (Kentucky) ; Cori/, B. Bahamas, p. 167 (1890) ; 

 Ralph Sf Bayg, Auk, vii. p. 230 (1890: New York) ; Cherrie, t. c. 

 p. 332 (Costa Rica); Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 425; Breivst. ^ 

 Chapm. Auk, viii. p. 137 (1891); Riker <^- C'hapm. t. c. p. 161 

 (Santarem) ; Cory, t. c. p. 294 (Cuba) ; id. Cat. B. W. Ind. p. 89 

 (1892 : Bahamas ; Greater & Lesser Antilles) ; Graham Kerr, 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 144 (Parana) ; Holland, t. c. p. 204 (Estancia Es- 

 partilla) ; Fisher, N. Amer. Faun. no. 7, p. 20 (1893 : Death 

 Valley Exped.) ; Rich7n. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 527 (1893: 

 Costa Eica; Nicaragua). 



Ardea leuce, Lichf. Verz. Doubl. p. 77 (1823, ex Illiger MSS.); 

 Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 752 (1848) ; Burm. Th. 

 Bras. iii. p. 416 (1856: Lagoa Santa) ; Bryant, Proc. Bost. Sac. 

 N. H. xi. p. 97 (1867 : San Domingo). 



Egretta aniericana, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 354 (1837). 



Ardea alba (nee L.), d'Orb. in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Nat. Cuba, 

 p. 191 (1839). 



Egretta leuce, Gmild in Darivin's Toy. ' Beagle,'' Birds, p. 128 (1841 : 

 Maldonado ; Patagonia) ; Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 346 (1847) ; Bp. 

 Cotisp. ii. p. 114 (1855). 



Herodias egretta, Gundl. J.f. 0. 186(;, p. 341 (Cuba) ; Baird, Brewer, 

 Sr Ridgiv. B. N. Amer. p. 666 (1858) ; Scl. P. Z. S. ] 861, pp. 70, 80 ; 

 March, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 63 ; He7ish. Rep. Zool. IQOth 

 Merid. p. 465 (1875 : Utah) ; Gundl. An. Soc. Esi). H. N. viii. 

 p. 355 (1878 : Porto Rice.) ; Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. 

 p. 69 (1878: Brownsville); Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. 

 p. 164 (1878: Texas); Belding, t. c. p. 391 (California); La^or. 

 t. c. p. 241 (Barbuda) ; Nutting, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 406 

 (1882 : Nicoya) ; Belding, f c. pp. 544, 548 (Lower California) ; 

 Nutting, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 379 (1883 : Nicaragua) ; 

 Baird, Brewer, ^ Ridqw. Water-B. N. Amer. ii. p. 23 (1884) ; 

 Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 658 (1884). 



Herodias egretta, var. californica, Baird, Cass., v^' Lawr. B. N. Amer, 

 p. 666 (1858) ; Xantus, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1869, p. 192. 



Herodias leuce, Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 236 (S. Domingo). 



Herodias alba leuce, Ridqw. Bull. Essex Inst. 1874, p. 171 ; id. Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 197 (1880). 



Adult male in hreeding-plumage. White all over. Similar to 

 H. alba, but with a very much more developed train, and having 

 the bare part of the tibia always black, like the tarsi and toes. 

 The bill is generally yellow, but many of the breeding birds get a 

 good deal of black along the culmen : " bill and lores rich chrome- 



