332 Twelfth Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List. ae 
individual variation. (Cf CuHapMan, Bull. Amer, Mus. N. 
Fi; X11. 1869; 229.) 
96.1. Puffinus cuneatus SaLvin. 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater. 
Puffinus cuneatus SALvIN, Ibis, 1888, 353. 
[B—, C—, R—, C —.] 
Groc. Dist.—North Pacific Ocean, from the Hawaiian 
Islands north to the Bonin Group and Lower California. (Cf 
BreEwsTER, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XLI, 1902, 30.) 
96.2. Puffinus bulleri SaLvin. 
New Zealand Shearwater. 
Puffinus bulleri SAUVIN, Ibis, 1888, 354. 
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Groc. Dist.— New Zealand, north casually to California. (Cf 
Loomis, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ser. 3 (Zodl.), II, rg00, 319.) 
198. Ardea wardi Ripcw. This becomes a subspecies of 
Ardea herodias, to stand as 
1946. Ardea herodias wardi (Ripcway). 
Ward's Heron. 
Ardea wardi RipGway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, Jan. 
1882,>5. 
Ardea herodias wardi CHAPMAN, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H.,.XIV, 
Igol, 89g. 
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Groc. Distr. — Florida, possibly extending along the Gulf Coast 
to Texas. (Cf. CHAPMAN,” Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H., XIV, 1901, 
88.) 
The various subgenera of Ardeidz in the Check-List are 
raised to generic rank, as follows: 
