ART. IX.-STUDIES OF THE AMERICAN HERODIONES. 



PART I -SYNOPSIS OF THE AMERICAN GENERA OF ARDEIDtE AND CICO- 

 miDM; INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW GENERA, AND A 

 GRAPH OF THE AMERICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS ARDEA, LINN. 



By Eobbet Eldgway. 



Order HERODIONES.— Altricial Grallatores. 



<[ Herodiones, Bonap. Consp. ii. 1855, 97 (includes Gruidce, PsopMidw, Cariamidw {" Sari- 

 amidce "), Aramidce, " CiconidcB ", Ardeidce, Canoromidce, Scopidw, Eurypygidce, 

 Phcenicopteridce, Plataleidce, and ^' Tantalidce"). — Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 651 

 (includes Gruidce, Aramidce, Ardeidce, " Tantalidce", Plataleidce, and Phoenieop- 

 ieridce).—Scu & Sal v. Nom. Neotr. 1873, vii. (includes Ardeidce, Ciconiidce, Pla- 

 taleidce, and Phcenicopteridce). 



= Herodiones (suborder, < Grallatores), Coues, Key, 1872, 240, 262.— Boucaed, Cata- 

 logus Avium, 1«76, 48 (order : includes " Tantalidce", Dromadidce, Ardeidce, " Ci- 

 coniidce" , and Plataleidce). 



= Ciconice, Bonap. Consp. ii. 1855, 104. 



> JSrodti, NiTZSCH, t. c. 127(includes J.r(iea and other ArdeidcB,Cancroma, and Eurypyga). 

 "^ Pelargi, Nitzsch, Pterylog. 1840, 130 (includes Scopus, Ciconia,Anastomu8, and Tan- 

 talus).— Sui^dev. Met. Nat. Av. Disp. Tent. 1872, 123. 



> Herodii, Sundev. t. c, 122. 



<; Grallatores longlrostres, Reichenb. Handb. 1851, xi. xiii. (includes lUdidce and Ta«- 

 talince). 



"> Grallatores magnirostres, Eeichenb. t. c, xi. v. (includes Ardeidce, Ciconiidce, and Pla- 

 taleidce). ' 



<C Grallce, Lilljeborg, P. Z. S. 1866, 10, 15 (includes Phcenicopteridce, Ballidce, Palame- 

 deidcB, Psophidce, Ardeidce," Ciconidce", Gruidce," TotanidcB",Scolopacidce, Chara- 

 dridce, and Otididce!). — Gray, Handlist, iii. 1871, v. 7 (includes Otidiw, Charadria- 

 dce, GlareoUdce, Thinocoridce, Chionididce Eceniatopodidce, Psophidce, Cariamidce, Gru- 

 idce, Eurypygidce, Ithynochetidce, Ardeidce, Ciconiidce, Plataleidos, "Tantalidce", 

 Dromadidce, Scolopacidce, Phalaropodidce, Ballidce, " Gallinulidce ", Eeliornithidce, 

 Parridce, and Palamedeidce!). 



= Pelargomorphce, Huxley, P. Z. S. 1867, 461. 



(= ?) Grallatores altinares, Sundev. Metb. Nat. Av. Disp. Tent. 1872, 121 (includes 

 "Herodii" and "Pelargi"; under tbe latter [as "Fam. 4"] Scopince, including 

 Balceniceps!). 



Gh. — Altricial Grallatores, with the hallux lengthened, and nearly or 

 quite incumbent; in habits more or less arboreal (generally nesting on 

 trees, while all are "Perchers"). Palate desmognathous. Carotids 

 double. 



The above brief diagnosis is sufficient to succinctly characterize this 



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