66 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



ORDER ODONTOGLOSS^. LAMELLIROS- 

 TRAL GRALLATORES. 



FAMILY PHCENICOPTERID-ffi FLAMINGOES. 



GENUS PHOBNICOPTERUS LINN. 



Phcenicopterus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 139. Type, P. ruber 

 LINN. 



182. Phcenicopterus ruber LINN. 



Americao Flamingo. 



Phcenicopterus ruber LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 139. 

 [B 502, C 475, R 585, C 687.] 



GEOG. DIST. Atlantic coasts of subtropical and tropical America ; 

 southern Florida. Galapagos. 



ORDER HERODIONES. HERONS, STORKS, 

 IBISES, ETC. 



SUBORDER IBIDES. SPOONBILLS AND IBISES. 

 FAMILY PLATALEID-S] SPOONBILLS. 



GENUS AJAJA REICH. 

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



