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LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 339 



ORDER ODONTOQLOSS/E. 



Lamellirostral Qrallatores. 

 FAMILY PH(ENICOPTERID>E. Flamingoes. 



Gknls PHCENICOPTERUS. Linn. 



138 (182) PHCENICOPTERUS RUBER. (Linn.) American Flamingo. 



Tropical species ; a small C0I0113' exists in southern Florida. 



ORDER HER0DI0NE5. 



Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills, etc. 



Suborder IBIDES. Spoonbills and Ibises. 



FAMILY PLATALEID/E. Spoonbills. 



Gexis AJAJA. Eeicii. 



139 (183) AJAJA AJAJA. (Lixx.) Roseate Spoonbill. 



Troiiieal species ; ranges throughout South America ; resident in Gulf 

 States and Florida. 



FAMILY IBIDID/E. Ibises. 



Genus QUARA. Reich. 



140 (184) QUARA ALBA. (Linn.) White Ibis. 



South Atlantic and Gulf States ; south tln-oughout AVest Indies tc 

 northern South America ; accidental in New England and Illinois. 



141 (18.5) QUARA RUBRA. (Linn.) Scarlet Ibis. 



A tropical species ; no evidence of its recent occurrence in North 

 America. 



Genus PLEQADIS. Kaup. 



142 (186) PLEQADIS AUTUMNALIS. (Hasselq.) Glossy Ibis. 



Tropical species ; casual in United States ; New England, Illinois. 



143 (187) PLEQADIS QUARAUNA. (Linn.) White=faced Qlossy Ibis. 



Western species ; once recorded from Florida. 



Suborder CICONI^. Storks, etc. 



FAMILY CICONIID^. Storks and Wood Ibises. 



Subfamily TANTALIN/E. Wood Ibises. 

 Genus TANTALUS. Linn. 



144 (188) TANTALUS LOCULATOR. Linn. Wood Ibis. 



Southwestern species connnon and resi<lent in Florida, where it breeds 

 in colonics ; accidental north to New York. 



