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188. Tantalus loculator Linn. 
Wood Ibis. 
Tantalus loculator Linn. 8. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 
[B 497, C 444, R 500, C 648.] 
Groc. Dist.— Southern United States, from the Ohio Valley, 
Colorado, Utah, southeastern California, etc., south to Argentine 
Republic ; casually northward to Pennsylvania and New York. 
SUBFAMILY CICONIINZA. Srorks. 
Genus MYCTERIA Linneus. 
Mycteria LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. Type, AZ. americana 
LINN. 
[189.] Mycteria americana LINN. 
Jabiru. 
Mycteria americana LINN. S. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 140. 
[B—, C 448 dis, R 499, C 654.] 
Groc. Dist.— Tropical America, north casually to southern Texas. 
SUBORDER HERODII. Herons, EGRETs, 
BITTERNS, ETC. 
Famity ARDEIDZA. Herons, BITTERNS, ETC. 
SuBFAMILY BOTAURINZA. BITTERNS. 
Genus BOTAURUS HeErMAnN. 
Botaurus HERMANN, Tabl. Affin. Anim. 1783, 135. Type, 
Ardea stellaris LINN. 
