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291. ©CBBBicgretla riifa (Bodd.). 

 '' Tehuantepec (San Mateo) ; August, 18C9. 

 " Iris yellow ; bill blackish, grayish at the base: feet black.'' 



992. Deiiiiegretta pealei, Bp. 



" Tehuantepec City ; October, 1869. 



" Iris yellowish-whit'e ; lores light-yellow ; bill fleshy, along' culmen 

 and at tip black ; feet black." 



293. Florida caerwlea (Linn.). 

 " Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia)." 



294. ISiBtoride!>» Tirescens (Linn.). 



" Tehuantepec (Barrio, Santa Efigenia) ; Tehuantepec City ; October 

 and December. 



" Iris yellow ; lores, orbits, and nearly all the lower mandible yellow; 

 upper mandible brownish-black ; feet olive-green." 



29^. j\fyotiardea g'risea var. iiaBTia (Bodd.). 



" Tehuantepec City ; November, 1809. 



" Iris red ; upper mandible and tip of lower black ; lores, most of 

 lower mandible, and feet greenish." 



29G. Ardefta exilis (Gm.). 



" Tehuantepec City ; October, 1869. 



" Iris light straw-yellow ; bill yellowish, except upper surface of upper 

 mandible, which is blackish j upper surface of tarsus and toes greenish, 

 under surface yellow." 



297. Ti^i*i§oiiBa cabiiiisi, Heine. 



" Tehuantepec (Tapana, Chihuitan, Santa Efigenia) ; Tehuantepec 

 City ; Veuta Salada (Puebla) ; April, August, October, and February. 



" Iris yellow ; orbits, lores, gular sac, and feet greenish ; upper man- 

 dible black, lower greenish-yellow." 



Fam. RAliLID^. 



298. Araiuiis scolopaceus var. g^ig^aiiteiis, Bp. 



" Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; February, 1869." 



299. Araiiiides albiventris, Lawr. 



" Tehuantepec (San Francisco) ; April, 1869. 



" Iris reddish ; basal half of bill reddish, terminal half greenish ; 



feet carmine." 

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