72 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
[B 486, 486*, C 452, R 489, C 658.] 
Groc. Dist.— Temperate and tropical America, from New Jersey, 
Minnesota, and Oregon south to Patagonia; casually on the Atlantic 
coast to Nova Scotia. 
SuBGENUS GARZETTA Kaup. 
Garzetta Kaur, Skizz. Entw. Gesch. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 76. 
Type, Ardea garzetta LINN. 
197. Ardea candidissima GMEL. 
Snowy Heron. 
Ardea candidissima GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 633. 
[B 485, C 453, R 490, C 659.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Temperate and tropical America, from Long Island 
and Oregon south to Argentine Republic and Chili; casually to Nova 
Scotia and southern British Columbia. 
SuBGENUS DICHROMANASSA Ripcway. 
Dichromanassa Ripew. Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. IV. 
Feb. 5, 1878, 246. Type, Ardea rufa Bopp. 
198. Ardea rufescens GmMEL. 
Reddish Egret. 
Ardea rufescens GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 628. 
[B 483, 482, C 455, R 491, C 661.| 
Geoc. Dist.— Gulf States, north to southern Illinois; Lower 
California and Mexico (both coasts), south to Guatemala ; Jamaica, 
and Cuba. 
SuBGENUS HYDRANASSA Bairp. 
Fydranassa Bairv, B. N. Am. 1858, 660 (intext). Type, Ardea 
ludoviciana WiLS. = Egretta rujicollis GOSSE. 
199. Ardea tricolor ruficollis (Gosse). 
Louisiana Heron. 
Egretta ruficollis Gossk, B. Jamaica, 1847, 338. 
Ardea tricolor ruficollis Ripew. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 
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