70 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
190. Botaurus lentiginosus (Monrac.). 
American Bittern. 
Ardea lentiginosa Montac. Orn. Dict. Suppl. 1813, —. 
Botaurus lentiginosus STEPH. Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 1819, 592. 
[B 492, C 460, R 497, C 666.] 
Groc. Dist.— Temperate North America, south to Guatemala, 
Cuba, Jamaica, and Bermuda ; occasional in British Islands. 
Genus ARDETTA Gray. 
Ardetta GRAY, List Gen. B. App. 1842, 13. Type, Ardea minuta 
LINN. 
191. Ardetta exilis (GMEL.). 
Least Bittern. 
Ardea exilis GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 645. 
Ardetta exilis GUNDL. J. f. O. 1856, 345- 
[B 491, C 461, R 498, C 667.] 
Groc. Dist.— Temperate North America, north to the British 
Provinces and south to the West Indies and Brazil. Less common 
west of the Rocky Mountains; on the Pacific coast north to northern 
California. 
191.1. Ardetta neoxena Cory. 
Cory’s Least Bittern. 
Ardetta neoxena Cory, Auk, III. April, 1886, 262. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.—Southern Florida (Caloosahatchie River, near Lake 
Okeechobee) ; Ontario; Michigan. 
SuBFAMILY ARDBINZE. HERONS AND EGRETS. 
Genus ARDEA Linn. 
SuBGENUS ARDEA. 
Ardea Linn. 8. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 141. Type, by elimination, 
A. cinerea LINN. 
