166 AEDEIDJi:. 



An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i. p. 130 (1887) " ; Stone, Pr. Acad. Philad. 1890, p. 203 " ; 



Cherrie, Auk, 1892, p. 329 "'j Eichm. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 527"; A. O. U. 



Check-1. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 73 ". 

 Florida ctsrulea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 63 "; Sol. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 226"; P. Z. S. 1864, 



p. 371 " ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1360, p. 253 '' ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 334 " ; ix. pp. 142 '°, 



21C ; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 310"; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 49"; Sumichr. 



La Nat. v. p. 233 '' ; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 406'' ; vi. p. 379"; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 100 " ; Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. p. 117 -\ 

 Ardea carulescens, Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. p. 3 " ; Cab. J. f . Orn. 1863, p. 59 '". 

 Demiegretta pealei (?), Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 313 '\ 



Ptil. cestiv. Supra schistacea, plumis dorsalibus elongatis lanceolatis quoque schistaceis ; remigibtis et rectri- 

 cibus schistaceis; pileo et collo undique saturate purpureo-rubescentibus, pdei cristati plumis pauUo 

 saturatioribus ; praspectore plumis schistaceis elongatis ornato ; corpora reliquo subtus saturate schistaceo : 

 rostro ad basin ultramarino, apicem versus nigro ; loris et palpebris nudis ultramarinis ; pedibus nigris ; 

 iiide pallida flava. Long, tota circa 22-0, ala3 11*0, caudae 3'8, culm. 2-95, tarsi 3'8. (Descr. maris 

 adulti ex Tarpon Springs, Florida. Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari similis, sad plumis ornamenfcalibus brevioribus. Long, tota circa 20*5, alae lO'l. (Descr. feminse 

 adultae ex Tarpon Springs. Mus. nostr.) 



Forma altera avis adultsB rarior pure alba. 



Juv. Pure alba, pdeo distincte cyanescenti-griseo lavatis, coUo et dorso griseo paidlulum adumbratis ; 

 primariis apicem versus griseo terminatis vel marginatis : rostro pallide lilaceo, apicem versus nigricante ; 

 pedibus paUida viridibus ; iride flava. 



Hab. North America, Eastern United States, from New Jersey, Illinois, and Kansas 

 southward, casually north on the Atlantic coast to Massachusetts and Maine i*. — 

 Mexico {Beppe & Schiede^^^^), Mazatlan {Grayson^^, Forrer^"^), Tampico 

 {Bichardson^"'), Acdi^xilco {MarJcham"^ ^''), Laguna de Epatlan, Laguna delEosario, 

 Plan del Eio, Jalapa {Ferrari-Perez ^), La Antigua, Vega del Cazadero, Vera Cruz 

 [Trujillo 2^), Vera Cruz [SalW^^], Santa Efigenia, Tehuantepec 2^, Tonala, Chiapas ^^ 

 (Sumichrast), Teapa {Mrs. H. H. Smith ^''), Shkolak, Yucatan {Stone & Baker ^^), 

 Merida {Schott -i), Cozumel I. ( Gawner ^ ^^j ; British Hokduras, Belize {Leyland i^, 

 Blancaneaux^''); Guatemala {Constancia^), Coban {Skinner '^^, 0. SJ''), Eio 

 Nagualate near El Idolo, Duenas, Chiapam {0. S.^"^); Honduras {Dyson-''), 

 Fonseca Bay {Taylor ^^), Omoa {Leyland ^^) ; Nicaragua, Blewfields ( Wickham ^), 

 Eio Escondido {Bichmond i^), San Juan del Sur, Pacific coast {Nutting '^^) ; Costa 

 Eica {v. Frantzius * ^% San Jose {Cherrie ^^), Peje {Carmiol -"'), Punta Arenas {Cap. 

 Bow 2'', Zeledon ^^), Bebedero, Pozo Azul, Miravalles ( Underwood), La Palma, Gulf 

 of Nicoya {Nutting ^sj ; Panama, Castillo {E. Arce % Lion Hill Station {M'Lean- 

 nan'^'' ^^ ^tj — South America, Colombia, Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil ^7; West Indies ^'''. 



The white plumage of the young of this bird is very remarkable. Mr. Eidgway says 

 there is also a white phase of the adult ; but this must be extremely rare, as in the 

 large series in our collection we have none that confirm his statement. Young birds 

 in their white plumage are always recognizable, on account of the blackish-blue 

 shading at the end of the quills. Mr. Eidgway, in the ' Water-Birds of North America ' 



