ORDER HERODIONES. 91 



ORDER HERODIONES. HERONS, STORKS, 

 IBISES, ETC. 



SUBORDER IBIDES. SPOONBILLS AND IBISES. 



FAMILY PLATALEIDJE. SPOONBILLS. 

 GENUS AJAIA REICHENBACH. 



Ajaia REICHENBACH, Syst. Avium, 1852, xvi. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Ajaia rosea REICHENBACH = Platalea ajaja LINN^US. 



Ajaia ajaja (LiNN^us). Roseate Spoonbill. [183.] 



Platalea ajaja LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 140. (Brazil.) 



RANGE. 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. 



FAMILY IBIDIDJE. IBISES. 



GENUS GUARA REICHENBACH. 



Guara REICHENBACH, Syst. Avium, 1852, xiv. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Scolopax rubra LINNAEUS. 



Guara alba (LiNN^us). White Ibis. [184.] 



Scolopax alba LINN^US, 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. 



