﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  

  

  51 
  

  

  Plegadis 
  autumnalis 
  (Hasselquist) 
  

  

  (Glossy 
  ibis) 
  

  

  Plegadis 
  guarauna 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (White-faced 
  glossy 
  ibis) 
  

  

  Family 
  Ciconidae 
  

  

  Storks 
  

  

  Mycteria 
  americana 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  (Wood 
  ibis) 
  

  

  Family 
  Ardeidae 
  

  

  Bitterns 
  and 
  Herons 
  

  

  Botaurus 
  lentiginosus 
  (Montagu) 
  

  

  (American 
  bittern) 
  

  

  Ixobrychus 
  exilis 
  (Gmelin) 
  

  

  (Least 
  bittern) 
  

  

  Ixobrychus 
  neoxenus 
  (Cory) 
  

  

  (Cory 
  least 
  bittern) 
  

   Ardea 
  herodias 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  (Great 
  blue 
  heron) 
  

  

  Herodias 
  egretta 
  (Gmelin) 
  

  

  (American 
  egret) 
  

  

  Egretta 
  candidissima 
  (Gmelin) 
  

  

  (Snozvy 
  heron) 
  

  

  Hydranassa 
  tricolor 
  ruficollis 
  (Gosse) 
  

  

  (Louisiana 
  heron) 
  

  

  Florida 
  caerulea 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Little 
  blue 
  heron) 
  

  

  Butorides 
  virescens 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Green 
  heron) 
  

  

  Nycticorax 
  nycticorax 
  naevius 
  (Bod- 
  

  

  daert) 
  

   (Black-crowned 
  night 
  heron) 
  

   Nyctanassa 
  violacea 
  (Linriaeus) 
  

   (Yellow- 
  crowned 
  night 
  heron) 
  

  

  Order 
  F*altid[icolae 
  

  

  Family 
  Gr^aidae 
  

  

  Cranes 
  

  

  Grus 
  americana 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Whooping 
  crane) 
  

  

  Grus 
  mexicana 
  Mailer 
  

  

  (Sandhill 
  crane) 
  

   Rallus 
  elegans 
  Audubon 
  

  

  (King 
  rail) 
  

  

  Rallus 
  crepitans 
  Gmelin 
  

  

  (Clapper 
  rail) 
  

  

  Rallus 
  virginianus 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  (Virginia 
  rail) 
  

  

  Porzana 
  Carolina 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Sora) 
  

  

  Coturnicops 
  noveboracensis 
  (Gmelin) 
  

  

  (Yellow 
  rail) 
  

  

  Creciscus 
  jamaicensis 
  (Gmelin') 
  

  

  (Black 
  rail) 
  

  

  Crex 
  crex 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Corn 
  crake) 
  

  

  lonornis 
  martinica 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Purple 
  gallinule) 
  

  

  Gallinula 
  galeata 
  (Lichenstein) 
  

  

  (Florida 
  gallinule) 
  

  

  Fulica 
  americana 
  Gmelin 
  

  

  (American 
  coot) 
  

  

  Order 
  Limicolae 
  

   Plover, 
  snipe, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Family 
  Ptialaropidae 
  

  

  Phalaropes 
  

  

  Phalaropus 
  fulicarius 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Red 
  phalarope) 
  

  

  Lobipes 
  lobatus 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  (Northern 
  phalarope) 
  

  

  Steganopus 
  tricolor 
  Vieillot 
  

  

  (Wilson 
  phalarope) 
  

  

  Family 
  Recurvirostrida© 
  

  

  Avocets 
  

  

  Recurvirostra 
  americana 
  Gmelin 
  

  

  (American 
  avocet) 
  

  

  Family 
  Hlmantopodidae 
  

  

  Stilts 
  

  

  Himantopus 
  mexicanus 
  (Miiller) 
  

  

  (Black-necked 
  stilt) 
  

  

  Family 
  Scolopacida© 
  

  

  Snipe 
  etc. 
  

  

  Scolopax 
  rusticola 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  (European 
  woodcock) 
  

  

  Philohela 
  minor 
  (Gmelin) 
  

  

  (American 
  woodcock) 
  

   Gallinago 
  delicata 
  (Ord) 
  

   (Wilson 
  snipe) 
  

   Macrorhamphus 
  griseus 
  (Gmelin) 
  

   (Dowitcher) 
  

   Macrorhamphus 
  scolopaceus 
  (Say) 
  

   (Long-billed 
  doivitcher) 
  

   Micropalama 
  himantopus 
  (Bona- 
  

   parte) 
  

   (Stilt 
  sandpiper) 
  

   Tringa 
  canutus 
  Linnaeus 
  

   (Knot) 
  

  

  