136 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Subgenus HERODIAS Boie. 



Herodias BoiE, Isis, 1S22, 559. Type, by elimination, Ardaa egretta 

 Gmel. 



196. Ardea egretta Gmel. 



American Kgret. 



Ardea egretta Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 629. 



[B 486, 486*, C 452, R 489, C 658.] 



Hab. Temperate and tropical America, from New Jersey, Minne- 

 sota, and Oregon south to Patagonia ; casually on the Atlantic coast 

 to Nova Scotia. 



Subgenus OARZETTA Kaup. 



Garzetta Kaup, Skizz. Entw. Gesch. 1829, 76. Type, Ardea gar- 

 zetta Linn. 



197. Ardea candidissima Gmel. 



Snowy Heron. 



Ardea candidissima Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 633. 



[B 485, C 453, R 490, C 659.] 



Hab. Temperate and tropical America, from Long Island and 

 Oregon south to Buenos Ayres ; casual on the Atlantic coast to Nova 

 Scotia. 



Subgenus DICHROMANASSA Ridgway. 



Dichromanassa Ridgw. Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. IV. 

 Feb. 5, 1878, 246. Type, Ardea rufa Bodd. 



198. Ardea rufa Bodd. 



Reddish Egret. 



Ardea rufa Bodd. Tabl. P. E. 1783, 54. 



[B 483, 482, C 455, R 491, C 661.] 



Hab. Gulf States and Mexico south to Guatemala, Jamaica, and 

 Cuba ; north to Southern Illinois. 



Subgenus H7DRANASSA Baird. 



Hydranassa Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 660 (in text). Type, Ardea 

 ludoviciana Wils. = A. tricolor Mull. 



