352 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN DIRDS. 



Believed to be either the colored phase of A. oceukntalis Aud., or 

 an abnormal specimen of A. u<ardi Riugw. {Cf. Ridgw. Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. IV. No. i, 1878, pp. 229-236; Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, VII. 1882, pp. 1-6; Auk, I. 1884, pp. 161-1O3; Water B. 

 N. Am. I. 1884, pp. 7-13.) 



10. Ardea (Dichromanassa) pealei Bonap. 



Peale's Egret 



Ardea pealei Bonap. Ann. Lye. N. Y. II. 1826, 154. 



[B 482, C 355, /^''A R A9^>P^*'^t ^ 661, />arf.'] 



Supposed to be the white phase of A. rufa Bodd., but possibly enti- 

 tled to recognition as a local or geographical race. 



Family SCOLOPACID^. 

 11. Tringa (Actodromas) cooperi Baird. 



Cooper's Sandpiper. 



Tringa cooperi Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 716. 



[6527,0 422, R 535, C 618.] 



Known only from the single specimen from which the species was 

 originally described, taken on Long Island, in May, 1833, and still 

 extant in the National Museum. The status of the species is in 

 doubt. 



Family OATHARTID-ffi. 



Genus GYFAGUS Vieillot. 



Gypagus Vieill. Analyse, 1816, 21. Type, by elimination, Vultur 

 papa Linn. 



13. Gypagus papa (Linn.). 



King Vulture. 



Vultur papa Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 86. 



Gypagus papa YiKiLL. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXVI. 1819,456. 



[B _ C - R -, C ~.] 



