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188. Tantalus loculator Linn. 



Wood Ibis. 



Tantalus loculator Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 



[B 497, C 444, R 500, C 648.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern United States, from the Ohio Valley, 

 Colorado, Utah, southeastern California, etc., south to Argentine 

 Republic ; casually northward to Pennsylvania and New York. 



Subfamily CICONIIN^. Storks. 



Genus MYCTERIA Linnaeus. 



Mycteria Linn. S. N. ed. 10, L 1758, 140. Type, M. americana 

 Linn. 



[189.] Mycteria americana Linn. 



Jabiru. 



Mycteria america?ia Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 

 [B— C448/^/^, R499, C654.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Tropical America, north casually to southern Texas. 



Suborder HERODII. Herons, Egrets, 

 Bitterns, etc. 



Family ARDEID^Si. Herons, Bitterns, etc. 

 Subfamily BOTAURINiE. Bitterns. 



Genus BOTAURITS Hermann. 



Botaurus Hermann, Tabl. Affin. Anim. 1783, 135. Type, 

 Ardea stellaris Linn. 



