92 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[Guara rubra (LINNAEUS). Scarlet Ibis. [185.] 



Scolopax rubra LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 145. (Bahamas.) 



RANGE. Tropical South America; casual in the West Indies and 

 Central America; recorded as a straggler to Colorado, Arizona, 

 New Mexico, Louisiana, and Florida.] 



GENUS PLEGADIS KAUP. 



Plegadis KAUP, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, 82. Type, by 

 monotypy, Tantalus falcinellus LINNAEUS = Tringa autumnalis LIN- 

 NAEUS. 



Plegadis autumnalis (LINNAEUS). Glossy Ibis. [186.] 



Tringa autumnalis LINNAEUS, in HASSELQUIST, Reise Palast., 1762, 306. 

 (Egypt.) 



RANGE. Tropical and subtropical regions, mainly of Eastern 

 Hemisphere. Rare and local in southeastern United States from 

 Louisiana to Florida, and in the West Indies; casual north to Mis- 

 souri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. 



Plegadis guarauna (LiNN^us). White-faced Glossy Ibis. [187.] 



Scolopax guarauna LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 242. (Brazil.) 



RANGE. Temperate and tropical America from southern Oregon, 

 Arizona, Texas, and Florida south through Mexico to southern South 

 America; casual north to British Columbia, Wyoming, and Nebraska. 



