2tLVI LIST OF SPECIES. 



Pnfre. 



4d3. Btdorides virescens, (Linn.) Bon. Green Heron. United States generally G76 



494. Butorides briinnesccns, (Cab.) Cuba ; Florida ? 67G 



405. Nydiardeagardeni, (Gmel'm,) Baird. Night Heron. United States generally • ■ 018 

 49G. Nyclherodius viohceus, (Linn.) Reich. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. South 



Atlantic and Gulf States ; South America 679 



497. Tantalus Ioculato7; (Linn.) Wood Ibis. South Atlantic and Gulf States and across 



to the Colorado river ; as far north as North Carolina and mouth 



of Ohio ' G82 



498. Ibis rubra, (Linn.) Vieillot. Red or Scarlet Ibis. South America and West 



Indies. Very rare or accidental in the United States 083 



499. Ibis alba, (Linn.) Vieillot. White Ibis. South Atlantic and Gulf States ; 



straggling occasionally northward 684 



500. Ibis (Falcinellus) ordii, Bonaparte. Glossy Ibis. Found singly and at inter- 



vals over the whole United States 685 



501. Platulea ajaja, Linn. Rosy Spoonbill. South Atlantic and Gulf States 686 



502. Fhoenicopterus ruber, Linn. Flamingo. Warm parts of America. Rare on the 



Florida Keys 687 



503. Charadrius virginicus, Borck. Golden Plover. All of North America, South 



America, Northern Asia, Europe 690 



504. Aegialitis (OxyechusJ vociferits, (Linn.) Cassin. Killdeer. North America to the 



Arctic regions; Mexico; South America 692 



505. Aegialitis (Oxyechus) monianus, (Towns.) Cassin. Mountain Plover. Western 



North America ; Fort Bridger, and Fort Tejon 693 



506. Aegialitis ( Ochthodromus ) ivilsonius, (Ord, ) Cassin. Wilson's Plover. Middle 



and Southern States on the Atlantic, and the Atlantic coast of 

 South America 693 



507. Aegialitis (Aegialeus) semijMbnafus, (Bon.) Cab. Semipalmated Plover. The 



whole of temperate North America. Common on the Atlantic ■ • 694 



508. Aegialitis (Aegialeus) mehdus, (Ord,) Cab. Piping Plover. Eastern coast of 



North America ; Nebraska ; Louisiana.. 695 



509. Aegialitis (Leucopolius) nivosa, Cassin. Presidio, (near San Francisco,) California- 695 



510. Squatarola helvetica, (Linn.) Cuv. Black-bellied Plover. All of North America. 



The seacoasts of nearly all countries of the world 697 



511. Ajiliriza virgata, (Gmelin,) Gray. Surf Bird. Pacific coast of North America? 



South America; Sandwich Islands 698 



512. Hacmatoptis palliat us, Temm. Oyster Catcher! Coast of Atlantic ocean; States on 



the Pacific? Florida 699 



513. Hacmatopus nigcr, Pallas. Bachman's Oyster Catcher. Western coast of the 



United States; Kurile islands 700 



(514)? Haematopits ater, Vieillot. Western coast of the United States? South America; 



coast of Chile 700 



515. Strepsilas intcrpres, (Umn.) Illig. Turnstone. Shores of the Atlantic and Pacific, 



throughout North America. One of the most widely diflused of 

 birds, being fciund in nearly all parts of the world 701 



516. StrcjJiilas melanocephulus, Wgora. Black Turnstone. Western North America- • • 702 



