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- 183. Ajaja ajaja (Livy.). 
Roseate Spoonbill. 
Platalea ajaja LINN. S. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 140. 
Ajaja ajaja BOUCARD, Cat. Av. 1876, 54. 
[B sox, C'488, R'gos, iC 653. ] 
Geroc. Dist.— Southern Atlantic and Gulf States southward to the 
Falkland Islands and Patagonia. Formerly north to southern 
Illinois. 
Famity IBIDIDZ. [sises. 
Genus GUARA REICHENBACH. 
Guara Reicu. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xiv. Type, Zantalus ruber 
LINN. 
184. Guara alba (Linv.). 
White Ibis. 
Scolopax alba, LINN. S. N. ed. ro, I. 1758, 145. 
Guara alba, STEIN. Stand. Nat. Hist. IV. 1885, 9. 
[B 499, C 446, R 501, C 651.] 
Geroc. Dist.— South Atlantic and Gulf States southward to the 
West Indies and northern South America ; north to North Carolina, 
southern Illinois, Great Salt Lake, and Lower California; casually to 
Long Island, Connecticut, and South Dakota. 
[185.] Guara rubra (Liny.). 
Scarlet Ibis. 
Tantalus ruber LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 241. 
Guara rubra Reicu. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xiv. 
[B 498, C 447, R 502, C 652.] 
Groc. Dist.— Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, southward to the 
West Indies and northern South America. No record of its recent 
occurrence in the United States. 
