ORDER HERODIONES. 



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Subfamily ABDEIN^. Herons and Egrets. 



Genus ARDEA Linn. 

 Subgenus ARDEA. 



Ardea Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, Ui- Type, by elimination, A. 

 cinerea Linn. 



192. Ardea occidentalis Aud. 



Great White Heron. 



Ardea occidentalis Aud. Orn. Biog. II L 1835, 542. 

 [B 489, C 451, R 486, C 6s(>,part.] 

 Hab. Florida ; Jamaica ; accidental in Southern Illinois. 



193. Ardea wardi Ridgw. 



Ward's Heron 



Ardea wardi Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII. Jan 1882, 5. 

 [B — , C — , R — C — .] 

 Hab. Florida. 



194. Ardea herodias Linn. 



Great Blue Heron. 



Ardea herodias Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, I43- 

 [B 487, C 449> R 487, C 655.] 



Hab. North America, from the Arctic regions southward to the 

 West Indies and Northern South America. 



[195.] Ardea cinerea Linn. 



European Blue Heron. 



Ardea cinerea Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 143. 



[B — , C — , R 488, C 657.] 



Hab. Most of the Eastern Hemisphere; accidental in Southern 

 Greenland. 



