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[B 484, C 454, R 492, C 660.] 
Groc. Dist.— Gulf States, Mexico (both coasts), Central America, 
and West Indies ; casually northward to New Jersey and Indiana. 
SuBGENUS FPLORIDA Barrp. 
Florida Batrp, B. N. Am. 1858, 671. Type, Ardea cerulea LINN. 
200. Ardea czerulea LINN. 
Little Blue Heron. 
Ardea cerulea LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 143. 
[B 490, C 456, R 493, C 662.] 
Groc. Dist.— Eastern United States, from New Jersey, Illinois, 
and Kansas, southward through Central America and the West 
Indies to Guiana and Colombia; casually north on the Atlantic 
coast to Massachusetts and Maine. 
SuBGENUS BUTORIDES BiyrTu. 
Butorides BuytuH, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, 281. Type, 
Ardea javanica Horsr. 
201. Ardea virescens LINN. 
Green Heron. 
Ardea virescens Linn. 8. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 144. 
[B 493, C 457, R 494, C 663.] 
Groc. Dist.— Temperate North America, from Ontario and 
Oregon, southward to Colombia, Venezuela, and the West Indies. 
Bermuda. 
201 a. Ardea virescens frazari BReEwsv. 
Frazar’s Green Heron. 
Ardea virescens frazari BREwstT. Auk, V. Jan. 1888, 83. 
(B=, C—, R—, C—] 
Groc. Dist.— Lower California (vicinity of La Paz). 
