144 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [6] 



496. JVyctherodmsviolaceustLinn.). White-crowned Night 



Heron. [490. ] Southern States, breeding north to 

 the Carolinas and Southern Illinois and Indiana; 

 Colorado. Not recorded from Pacific . oast north of 

 Cape Saint Lucas ; south to Western Ecuador and 

 Amazonia. 



a. No. 8459G. ? ad. Wabash County, Illinois, May 6, 1874; S. Tur- 



ner. 



b. No. 86395. Juv. La Paz, Lower California, February 25, 1882; 



L. Belding. 



497. Botaairus leiitiginosus (Montag.). American Bittern. 



[492.] All of temperate North America; south to 

 Guatemala, Cuba and Jamaica; occasional in Eu- 

 rope. 



a. No. 65897. Juv. Long Coteau River, Dakota, September 8, 1873; 



Dr. E. Coues, U. S. A. 

 (See also Group A of mounted birds.) 



498. Ardetta exilis (Gmel.). Least Bittern. [491.] Whole of 



temperate North America, West Indies, Middle 

 America, and Northern South America to Brazil. 



(See Group B of mounted birds.) 



Family GTCONIIME.— The Stork Tribe. 



49-9. MLycteria americaoaa Linn. Jabirc. Tropical America, 

 north to Southern Texas. 



500. TaeifalGQ* Modulator Linn. Wood Ibis. [497.] Whole of 



tropical and warm -temperate America, except most 

 of West Indies ; Cuba. 



a. No. 87928. Ad. Charlotte Harbor, Florida ; J. Bell. 



b. No. 78379. $ juv. Kissimee River, Florida; J. W. Driggs. 



Family IBIDID^E.— The Ibises. " 



501. Eudocimus alb us (Linn.). White Ibis. [499.] Southern 



States; north, more or less regularly, to Southern Ill- 

 inois, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, etc.; Utah. Not 

 recorded from Pacific coast north of Cape Saint 

 Lucas. South to Brazil and West Indies. 



* a. No. 87931. Ad. Charlotte Harbor, Florida; J. Bell. 



*&. No. 78450. Juv. Clearwater, Florida ; Col. S. T. Walker. 



502. E^udoeiinus ruber (Linn.). Scarlet Ibis. [498.] Tropical 



America, chiefly on the Atlantic side; accidental (?) 

 in Louisiana and Southern Texas. 

 (See Group A of mounted birds.) 



