FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [6] 
496. Nyctherodius violaceus (Linn.). WHITE-CROWNED NIGHT 
Heron. [496.] Southern States, breeding north to 
the Carolinas and Southern Illinois and Indiana; 
Colorado. Not recorded from Pacific «oast north of 
Cape Saint Lucas; south to Western Ecuador and 
Amazonia. 
a. No. 84596. 9 ad. Wabash County, Illinois, May 6, 1874; S. Tur- 
ner. 
b. No. 86395. Juv. La Paz, Lower California, February 25, 1882; 
L. Belding. 
“A977. Botaurus lemtigimosus (Montag.). AMERICAN BITTERN. 
[492.] All of temperate North America; south to 
Guatemala, Cuba and Jamaica; occasional in Eu- 
rope. 
a. No. 65897. Juv. Long Coteau River, Dakota, September 8, 1873;° 
Dr. E. Coues, U.S. A. 
(See also Group A of mounted birds.) 
‘498. Ardetta exilis(Gmel.). Least Brrrern. [491.] Whole of 
temperate North America, West Indies, Middle 
America, and Northern South America to Brazil. 
(See Group B of mounted birds. ) 
Family CICONIIDAi.—The Srorx Tripe. 
499. Mycteria americama Linn. JABIRU. Tropical America, 
north to Southern Texas. 
500. Tantalus loculator Linn. Woop Ixrs. [497.] Whole of 
tropical and warm-temperate America, except most 
of West Indies; Cuba. 
a. No. 87928. Ad. Charlotte Harbor, Florida; J. Bell. 
b. No. 78379. 92 juv. Kissimee River, Florida; J. W. Driggs. 
Family IBIDIDAi.—Tbe Iniszs. 
‘501. Eudocimus albus (Linn.). Wure Isrts. [499.] Southern 
States; north, more or less regularly, to Southern IIl- 
inois, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, etc.; Utah. Not 
recorded from Pacific coast north of Cape Saint 
Lucas. Sonth to Brazil and West Indies. 
*a, No. 87931. Ad. Charlotte Harbor, Florida; J. Bell. 
*b. No. 78450. Juv. Clearwater, Florida; Col. S. T. Walker. 
502. Eudocimus ruber (Linn.). SCARLET IzBrs. [498.] Tropical 
America, chiefly on the Atlantic side; accidental (?) 
in Louisiana and Southern Texas. 
(See Group A of mounted birds. ) 
