332 Tivelfth Suppleinent to the A. O. U. Check-List. \_]'^y 



individual variation. {Cf. Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. 

 H., XII, 1899, 229.) 



96.1. Piiffinus cuneatus Salvin. 



"Wedge-tailed Shear-water. 



Puffimcs cuneatus Salvin, Ibis, 1888, 353. 



[B — , C — , R — , C — .] 



Geog. Dist. — North Pacific Ocean, from the Hawaiian 

 Islands north to the Bonin Group and Lower California. {Cf. 

 Brewster, Bull. Mus. Comp.Zool., XLI, 1902, 30.) 



96.2. PufiEinus bulleri Salvin. 



New Zealand Shear"water. 



Puffinus bulleri Salvin, Ibis, 1888, 354. 



[B— , C-, R— , C-.] 



Geog. Dist. — New Zealand, north casually to California. {Cf. 

 LooMis, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ser. 3 (Z06I.), II, 1900, 319.) 



193. Ardea -wardi Ridgw. This becomes a subspecies of 

 Ardea hefodias, to stand as 



1945. Ardea herodias "wardi (Ridgway). 



Ward's Heron. 



Ardea 7vardi Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, Jan. 

 1882, 5. 



Ardea herodias 7c>ardi Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XIV, 

 1901, 89. 



[B— C— , R— , C -.] 



Geog. Dist. — Florida, possibly extending along the Gulf Coast 

 to Texas. {Cf Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H., XIV, 1901, 

 88.) 



The various subgenera of Ardeidne in the Check-List are 

 raised to generic rank, as follows : 



