ORDER HERODIONES. 67 



188. Ajaja ajaja (Linn.). 

 Roseate Spoonbill. 



Flatalea ajaja Linn. S. N. ed. 10, L 1758, 140. 

 Ajaja ajaja Boucard, Cat. Av. 1876, 54. 



[B 501, C 488, R 505, C 653.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern Atlantic and Gulf States southward to the 

 Falkland Islands and Patagonia. Formerly north to southern 

 Illinois. 



Family IBIDID^. Ibises. 



Genus GUARA Reichenbach. 



Guara Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xiv. Type, Tantalus ruber 

 Linn. 



184. Q-uara alba (Linn.). 



White Ibis. 



Scolopax alba Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 145. 

 Guara alba Stejn. Stand. Nat. Hist. IV. 1885, 9. 



[B 499, C 446, R 501, C 651.] 



Geog. Dist. — South Atlantic and Gulf States southward to the 

 West Indies and northern South America ; north to North Carolina, 

 southern Illinois, Great Salt Lake, and Lower California ; casually to 

 Long Island, Connecticut, and South Dakota. 



[185.] Gruara rubra (Linn.). 



Scarlet Ibis. 



Tantalus ruber Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 241. 

 Guara rubra Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xiv. 



[B 498, C 447, R 502, C 652.] 



Geog. Dist. — Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, southward to the 

 West Indies and northern South America. No record of its recent 

 occurrence in the United States. 



