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LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
Suborder HERODII. Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, etc. 
FAMILY ARDEIDZE. Herons, Bitterns, etc. 
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Subfamily BOTAURIN.  Bitterns. 
Genus BOTAURUS. Hermann. 
BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS. (MontaG.) American Bittern. 
Temperate North America; common in eastern United States; south in 
winter to Cuba. 
Genus ARDETTA. Gray. 
ARDETTA EXILIS. (Gmet.) Least Bittern. 
‘Temperate North America; north to the British Provinces and south 
to the West Indies and Brazil” (A. O. U.); breeds nearly throughout 
its range. 
ARDETTA NEOXENA. Cory. Cory’s Least Bittern. 
Southern Florida; stragglers have been taken in various widely sepa- 
rated localties ; Ontario, Michigan. 
Subfamily ARDEIN4E. Herons and Egrets. 
Genus ARDEA. Linn. 
ARDEA OCCIDENTALIS. Aup. Great White Heron. 
Resident in Florida; breeds.in December on the keys; has been taken 
in Illinois. 
ARDEA WUERDEMANNI. Barrp. Wuerdemann’s Heron, 
Southern Florida; probably a colored phase of A. occidentalis, or an 
abnormally colored specimen of Ardea wardi. 
ARDEA WARDI. RipGw. Ward’s Heron. 
Florida. 
ARDEA HERODIAS. Lixn. Great Blue Heron. 
The common large Heron of the Atlantic coast (except Florida) ; ranges 
from Arctie regions to northern South America. 
ARDEA CINEREA. Linn. European Blue Heron. 
European species, recorded from Greenland. 
SUBGENUS HERODIAS. Bote. 
ARDEA EGRETTA. Gwe. American Egret. 
Southern United States to South America; casual north to New Eng- 
land; accidental in Nova Scotia; breeds in colonies in Southern 
States in February ; abundant in parts of Florida. 
SUBGENUS GARZETTA. Kaur. 
ARDEA CANDIDISSIMA, GmueEL. Snowy Heron. 
Tropical and semi-tropical species, not uncommon on Gulf coast; 
breeds in Florida in May; accidental in New England and Illinois. 
