522 HERODIONES. 



Nyctherodius violaceus, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 679. 



Nycticorax cayennensis, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 239 (ex 

 Gmelin). 



a Mexico (T. Mann) 1844. b South America (Osmari) 

 1846. c Jamaica (/. Gould] 1846. d Guatemala (/. Con- 

 stancia) 1851. 



CANCROMA. 

 Cancroma, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 233 (1766). 



2545. Cancroma cochlearia. 



Cancroma cochlearia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 233. 



Nycticorax cancrophagus, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 236 (ex 

 Linnseus). 



a South America (Bt at Birmingham) 1844. b (Arthur 

 Strickland) 1850. 



FAMILY. SCOPID^E. 



SCOPUS. 

 Scopus, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 503 (1760). 



2546. Scopus umbretta. 



Scopus umbretta, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 618 : Reich. J. f. Orn. 

 1877, p. 231. 



a (Kirtland) 1838. b. 

 A South- African species. 



FAMILY. CICONIID^E. 



CiCONIA. 



Ciconia, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 361 (1760). 



2547. Ciconia alba. 



Ardea ciconia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 235. 



Ciconia alba, Bechst. Gem. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 82: 

 Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 101; 1850, p. 221: Reich. J. f. Orn. 

 1877, p. 170. 



a Smyrna, May (H. E. Strickland) 1836. 



