70 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



190. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.). 



American Bittern. 



Ardea leiitiginosa Montag. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 1813, — . 

 Botaurus lentiginosus Steph. Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 1819, 592. 



[B 492, C 460, R 497, C 666.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, south to Guatemala, 

 Cuba, Jamaica, and Bermuda ; occasional in British Islands. 



Genus ARDETTA Gray. 



Ardetta Gkay, List Gen. B. App. 1842, 13. Type, A?'dea f?iinuia 



Linn. 



191. Ardetta exilis (Gmel.). 



LeaBt Bittern. 



Ardea exilis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 645. 

 Ardetta exilis Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, 345. 



[B491, C 461, R 498, C 667.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, north to the British 

 Provinces and south to the West Indies and Brazil. Less common 

 west of the Rocky Mountains ; on the Pacific coast north to northern 

 California. 



191.1. Ardetta neoxena Cory. 



Cory's Least Bittern. 



Ardetta ?ieoxena Cory, Auk, III. April, 1886, 262. 



[B-, C- R- C-.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern Florida (Caloosahatchie River, near Lake 

 Okeechobee) ; Ontario ; Michigan. 



Subfamily ARDEIN^. Herons and Egrets. 



Genus ARDEA Linn. 

 Subgenus ARDEA. 



Ardea Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 141. Type, by elimination, 

 A. ci?ierea Linn. 



