ORDER HERODIONES. 9] 
OrDER HERODIONKES. Herons, Srorks, 
IBISES, ETC. 
SUBORDER IBIDES. SPoonBILLs AND IBISES. 
Famity PLATALEIDZ. Spoonsi..s. 
Genus AJAIA REICHENBACH. 
Ajaia REICHENBACH, Syst. Avium, 1852, xvi. Type, by orig. desig., 
Ajaia rosea REICHENBACH = Platalea ajaja LINN&Us. 
Ajaia ajaja (LINNxus). Roseate Spoonbill. [183.] 
Platalea ajaja Linnmvs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 140. (Brazil.) 
RanceE.— North and South America, from Texas, Louisiana, 
Florida, and Georgia south to Patagonia and the Falkland Islands; 
formerly casual north to Pennsylvania and the lower Ohio Valley 
(Indiana and Illinois); accidental in California, Colorado, Kansas, 
and Wisconsin. 
Famity IBIDIDZ. IBIsEs. 
GENUS GUARA REICHENBACH. 
Guara ReitcHensacw, Syst. Avium, 1852, xiv. Type, by orig. desig., 
Scolopax rubra LINN&EUS. 
Guara alba (LiInN&us). White Ibis. [184.] 
Scolopax alba Linnaws, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 145. (Carolina.) 
RanGe.— North and South America, from Lower California, Texas, 
and South Carolina south to West Indies, Brazil, and Peru, and casually 
to Great Salt Lake, South Dakota, Illinois, Vermont, Connecticut, and 
Long Island; winters from Gulf of Mexico southward. 
