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[B 484, C 454, R 492, C 660.] 



Geog. Dist. — Gulf States, Mexico (both coasts), Central America, 

 and West Indies ; casually northward to New Jersey and Indiana. 



Subgenus FLORIDA Baird. 

 Florida Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 671. Type, Ardea ccerulea Linn. 



200. Ardea caerulea Linn. 



Little Blue Heron. 



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



[B 490, C 456, R 493, C 662.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, from New Jersey, Illinois, 

 and Kansas, southward through Central America and the West 

 Indies to Guiana and Colombia ; casually north on the Atlantic 

 coast to Massachusetts and Maine. 



Subgenus BUTORIDES Blyth. 



Butorides Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, 281. Type, 

 Ardea javanica Horsf. 



201. Ardea virescens Linn. 



Green Heron. 



Ardea virescens Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 144. 



[B 493, C 457, R 494, C 663.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, from Ontario and 

 Oregon, southward to Colombia, Venezuela, and the West Indies. 

 Bermuda. 



201 a. Ardea virescens frazari Brewst. 



Frazar's Green Heron. 



Ardea vires cetis frazari Brewst. Auk, V. Jan. 1888, 83. 

 [B-, C— R— C-.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Lower California (vicinity of La Paz). 



