52C HERODIONES. 



PLEGADIS. 

 Plegadis, Kaup, Skizz. Entw. Gesch. p. 82. (1829). 



2561. Plegadis falcinellus. 



Tantalus falcinellus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 241: Strickl. Ann. 

 & Mag. N. H. vii. p. 38. 



Falcinellus igneus, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 503 (ex Ginelin). 



a (Askew] 1840. 



A species of very wide range extending over the Eastern Hemi- 

 sphere and North America. 



2562. Plegadis ridgwayi. 



Falcinellus ridgwayi, Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Cambr. 

 iii. p. 355: Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 506. 

 a Chili (Oapt. Brown) 1842. 



EUDOCIMUS. 



Eudocimus, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 1232. 



2563. Eudocimus ruber. 



Tantalus ruber, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 241. 

 Eudocimus ruber, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 509. 

 a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 

 A Guiana species. 



SUBFAMILY. PLATALEIN^E. 

 PLATALEA. 



Platalea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 231 (1766) (partim). 



2564. Platalea leucorodia. 



Platalea leucorodia, Linn. I. s. c.: Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, 

 p. 159. 



Platea leucorodia, Dresser, B. Eur. 

 a Morocco (/. G. Kinberg) 1844. 



2565. Platalea cristata. 



Platalea cristata, Scop. Del. Faun, et Fl. Ins. ii. p. 92: 

 Beich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 158. 





