ORDER HERODIONES. 69 



188. Tantalus loculator LINN. 



Wood Ibis. 



Tantalus loculator LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 



[B 497, C 444, R 5> C 648.] 



GEOG. DIST. Southern United States, from the Ohio Valley, 

 Colorado, Utah, southeastern California, etc., south to Argentine 

 Republic ; casually northward to Pennsylvania and New York. 



SUBFAMILY CICONIIN^J. STORKS. 



GENUS MYCTERIA LINNAEUS. 



Mycteria LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. Type, M. americana 

 LINN. 



[189.] Mycteria americana LINN. 



Jabiru. 



Mycteria americana LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 



[B C 448 bis, R 499, C 654.] 

 GEOG. DIST. Tropical America, north casually to southern Texas. 



SUBORDER HERODII. HERONS, EGRETS, 

 BITTERNS, ETC. 



FAMILY ARDEID-ffi. HERONS, BITTERNS, ETC. 

 SUBFAMILY BOTAURIN2E. BITTERNS. 



GENUS BOTAURUS HERMANN. 



Botaurus HERMANN, Tabl. Affin. Anim. 1783, 135. Type, 

 Ardea stellaris LINN. 



