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192. Ardea occidentalis Aup. 
Great White Heron. 
Ardea occidentalis Aup. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 542. 
[B 489, C 451, R 486, C 656, part. | 
Geroc. Dist.— Florida; Cuba; Jamaica. 
195. Ardea wardi Rincw. 
Ward’s Heron. 
Ardea wardi Ripew. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII. Jan. 1882, 5. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Florida. 
194. Ardea herodias LINN. 
Great Blue Heron. 
Ardea herodias Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 143. 
[B 487, C 449, R 487, C 655-] 
Geroc. Dist.— North America, from the Arctic regions southward 
to the West Indies and northern South America. Bermudas; 
Galapagos. 
[195.] Ardea cinerea Linn. 
European Blue Heron. 
Ardea cinerea LINN. S. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 143. 
[B—, C—, R 488, C 657.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Most of the eastern hemisphere; accidental in 
southern Greenland. 
SuBGENUS HERODIAS Bote. 
Herodias Bote, Isis, 1822, 559. Type, by elimination, 47dea 
egretta GMEL. 
196. Ardea egretta GmeL. 
American Egret. 
Ardea egretta GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 629. 
