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List of specimens examined. 



Locality. 



Oape Flattery, "Wash. Ter. 



Mexico 



Sacramento Valley 



Potomac Kiver 



Oregon 



Cape Saint Lncas 



HO ton Held, S. 



riorida 



Knox County, Indiana 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Kansas 



Mount Carmel, 111. 



Date. 



19.50 

 17.90 

 19.00 

 18.80 

 19.40 

 19.90 

 19.00 

 20.00 

 19.85 

 18.50 

 20.00 

 19.00 

 19.30 

 19. 50 

 19.25 



18.40 

 19.50 

 18.50 



8.00 

 7.50 

 7.30 



7.75 

 7.70 

 7.50 

 8.00 

 7.80 

 8.00 

 7.80 

 8.00 

 8.1)0 

 8.00 



7.80 

 8.00 



4.80 

 4.30 

 5.50 

 5.50 

 5.70 

 5.80 

 5 3d 

 6.30 

 5.75 

 6.00 

 5.70 

 5.70 

 5.70 

 5.60 

 5.80 

 5.60 

 5.40 

 6.25 

 5.50 



0.95 

 0. 8» 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 0.95 

 1.05 

 1.00 

 0.95 

 1.05 

 1.05 

 1.00 

 1.05 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 0.95 

 1.10 

 0.95 



3.50 

 4.00 

 4.30 

 3.50 

 4.75 

 4.50 

 4.70 

 5.70 

 4.75 

 4.25 

 4.30 

 4.20 

 5.00 

 4.65 

 4.60 



4.70 

 3.50 



6.00 

 6.00 

 7.15 

 6.50 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.50 

 8.25 

 7.30 

 0.85 

 7.00 

 7.00 

 7.25 

 7.50 

 7.20 



8.00 

 6.75 



3.50 

 3.75 

 4.25 

 3.90 

 4.10 

 4.25 

 4.15 

 4.70 

 4.45 

 4.35 

 4.10 

 4.50 

 4.35 

 4.25 

 4.25 



4.25 

 4.20 



Note. — The above measurements are only those of the adult specimens in the National Museum. 

 Additional specimens in other collections have been examined in this connection. 



Akdea cinerea. 

 The Common Scran of IJurope. 



Common Heron, Willugh. Orn, 1(378, 277, pi. xlix.— Ray, Synop. Av. 1710, A. 1.— Al- 

 BiN, Nat. Hist. Birds, i. 1738, pi. Ixvii. — Lath. Synop. iii. 1785, 83 ; Suppl. ii. 

 303, n. 14. — Pennant, Arct. Zool. ii. 1785, 444, n. 343 (part : includes A. liero- 

 dias) ; Brit. Zool. ii. 1812, 10, n. 173, pi. iii.— Montag. Orn. Diet. 1812, — .— 



Selby, Brit. Orn. ii. 1833, 11.— Yaerell, Brit. Birds, ed. 2, , 508, fig. ; ed. 



3, ii. , 537, fig. 



Le Heron, Briss. Orn. v. 1760, 392, pi. xxxiv.— Buff. Ois. vii. 1770-86, 396, pi. xix. 

 PI. Enl.pl. 787 0'«i'..'). 



i? Heron hupe', Briss. Orn. v. 1760, 396. pl. xxxv.— Buff. Ois. vii, 1770-86, 342 ; PI. Enl. 

 pi. 755 (adult!). 



Ardea cinerea, Linn. Fauna Suec. 1746, 59 ; S. N. i. 1766, 236.— Br^nn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 

 156.^ScOPOLi, Ann. i. 1769, n. 117.— Muller, Prod. Zool. Dan. 1776, 22.— 

 Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. 1739-63, 199.— Fabr. Faun. Grcenl. 1780, 106 (Green- 

 land!).— Gmel. S. N. iii. 1788, 627.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 1791, 691.— Temm. Man. 

 Orn. 1815, 362.— Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. and Birds B. M. 1816, 33.— Fleming, 

 Brit. Anini. 1828, 95.— Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. 1731, 580.— Naum. Vog. Deutschl. 

 ix. 1838, 24, t. 220.— Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. An. 1835, 186.— Eyton, Cat. Brit. 

 B. 1836, 36.— Gould, Birds Eur. 1837, pl. 273.— Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 47 ; 

 Consp. ii. 1855, 111 (Europe; Asia; Africa). — Keys. & Blasius, Wirb. Eur. 

 1840, 79.- SCHLEG. Rev. Crit. 1844, 96.— Macgilliv. Man. N. H. Orn. ii. 1840, 

 128.— Gray, Genera B. iii. 1841, 555 ; Cat. Brit. Birds, 1863, 145 ; Handlist, 

 iii. 1871,26, n. 10099 (Europe; Nubia; Abyssinia; India; China; S. Australia; 

 New South Wales).— WoLLEY, Contr. Orn. 1850, 109 (Faroe I.).— Irby, Ibis, 

 iii. 1861, 244 (India). — Reinhardt, Ibis, 1861, 9 (Nenortalik, Greenland). — 

 SwiNH. ib. 343 (North China).— Boucard, Cat. Av. 1876, 49, n. 1368 (Europe ; 

 India; Australia). 



Ardea major, Linn. S. N. i. 1766,236 (quotes Ardea dnerea major. Will. Orn. 203, t. 49; 

 Ray, Av. 98. — Ardea alia, Gesn. Av. 219, t. 220 ; Aldr. Orn. 3, ^S3.— Ardea cris- 



