ORDER HERODIONES. 7 1 



192. Ardea occidentalis Aud. 



Great White Heron. 



Ardea occidentalis Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 542- 

 [B 489, C 451, R 486, C 656, /«r/.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Florida ; Cuba ; Jamaica. 



193. Ardea wardi Ridgw. 



Ward's Heron. 



Ardea wardi Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII. Jan. 1882, 5. 

 [B— C— R— C— .] 

 Geog. Dist. — Florida. 



194. Ardea herodias Linn. 



Great Blue Heron. 



Ardea herodias Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 143. 

 [B 487, C 449, R 487, C 655,] 



Geog. Dist. — North America, from the Arctic regions southward 

 to the West Indies and northern South America. Bermudas ; 

 Galapagos. 



[195.] Ardea cinerea Linn. 



ICuropean Blue Heron. 



Ardea cinerea Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 143. 



[B-, C-, R488, C657.] 



Geog. Dist. — Most of the eastern hemisphere ; accidental in 

 southern Greenland. 



Subgenus HERODIAS Boie. 



Herodias Boie, Isis, 1822, 559. Type, by elimination, Ardea 

 egretta Gmel. 



196. Ardea egretta Gmel. 



American Egret. 



Ardea egretta Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 629. 



