ORDER HERODIONES. 131 



ORDER HERODIONES. HERONS, STORKS, 

 IBISES, ETC. 



SUBORDER IBIDES. SPOONBILLS AND IBISES. 



FAMILY PLATALEIDJE. SPOONBILLS. 



GENUS AJAJA REICH. 

 Ajaja REICH. Handb. 1852, p. xvi. Type, Platalea ajaja LINN. 



183. Ajaja ajaja (LINN.). 



Roseate Spoonbill. 



Platalea ajaja LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758. 140. 

 Ajaja ajaja BOUCARD, Cat. Av. 1876, 54. 



(B 501, C 488, R 505, C 653.) 



HAB. Southern United States southward to the Falkland Islands 

 and Patagonia. 



FAMILY IBIDID-^E. IBISES. 



GENUS GUARA REICHENBACH. 

 Guara REICH. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xiv. Type, Tantalus ruder LINN. 



184. Guara alba (LINN.). 



White Tbis. 



Scolopax alba LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 145. 

 Guara alba STEJN. Stand. Nat. Hist. IV. 1885, 9. 



[B 499, C 446, R 501, C 651.] 



HAB. South Atlantic and Gulf States southward to the West In- 

 dies and Northern South America ; casually on the Atlantic coast to 



