72 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B 486, 486*, C 452, R 489, C 658.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate and tropical America, from New Jersey, 

 Minnesota, and Oregon south to Patagonia ; casually on the Atlantic 

 coast to Nova Scotia. 



Subgenus GARZETTA Kaup. 



Garzetta Kaup, Skizz. Entw. Gesch. Eur. Thierw. 1829, 76. 

 Type, Ardea garzetta Linn. 



197. Ardea candidissima Gmel. 



Snowy Heron. 



Ardea candidissima Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 633. 

 [B 485, C 453, R 490, C 659.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Temperate and tropical America, from Long Island 

 and Oregon south to Argentine Republic and Chili ; casually to Nova 

 Scotia and southern British Columbia. 



Subgenus DICHROMANASSA Ridgway. 



Dichromanassa Ridgw. Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. IV. 

 Feb. 5, 1878, 246. Type, Ardea rufa Bodd. 



198. Ardea rufescens Gmel. 



Reddish Egret. 



Ardea rufescens Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 628. 



[B 483, 482, C 455, R 491, C 661.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Gulf States, north to southern Illinois; Lower 

 California and Mexico (both coasts), south to Guatemala ; Jamaica, 

 and Cuba. 



Subgenus HYDRANASSA Baird. 



Hydranassa Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 660 (in text). Type, Ardea 

 ludoviciana Wils. = Egretta ruficoUis Gosse. 



199. Ardea tricolor rufLcoUis (Gosse). 



Louisiana Heron. 



Egretta ruficoUis Gosse, B. Jamaica, 1847, 338- 



Ardea tricolor ruficoUis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 



355- 



