XLVI LIST OF SPECIES. 



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493. Butorides virescens, (Linn.) Bon. Green Heron. United States generally 676 



494. Butorides brunnescens, (Cab.) Cuba ; Florida ? • • 676 



495. Nyctiardea gardenia (Gmelin,) Baird. Night Heron. United States generally ■ ■ 678 



496. Nyctherodius violaceus, (Linn.) Reich. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. South 



Atlantic and Gulf States ; South America 679 



497. Tantalus locvlator, (Linn.) Wood Ibis. South Atlantic and Gulf States and across 



to the Colorado river ; as far north as North Carolina and mouth 



of Ohio, .• 682 



498. lUs rubra, (Linn.) Vieillot. Red or Scarlet Ibis. South America "and West 



Indies. Very rare or accidental in the United States 683 



499. Ibis alba, (Linn.) Vieillot. White Ibis. South Atlantic and Gulf States ; 



straggling occasionally northward 684 



500. Ibis (Fahinellus) ordii, Bonaparte. Glossy Ibis. Pound singly and at inter- 



vals over the whole United States 685 



501. Platalea ajaja, Linn. Rosy Spoonbill. South Atlantic and Gulf States 686 



502. Phoenicopterus ruber, Linn. Flamingo. Warm parts of America. Rare on the 



Florida Keys 687 



503. Charadrius virginicus, Borck. Golden Plover. All of North America, South 



America, Northern Asia, Europe = 690 



504. Aegialitis (Oxyechus) vociferus, (Linn.) Cassin. Killdeer. North America to the 



Arctic -regions; Mexico; South America 692 



505. Aegialitis (Oxyechus) montanus, (Towns.) Cassin. Mountain Plover. Western 



North America ; Fort Bridger, and Fort Tejon 693 



506. Aegialitis (Ochthodromus) wilsonius, (Ord,) Cassin. Wilson's Plover. Middle 



and Southern States on the Atlantic, and the Atlantic coa^t., of 

 South America • ■ 693 



507. Aegialitis (Aegiahus) semipahnatus, (Bon.) Cab. Semipalmated Plover. The 



whole of temperate North America. Common on the Atlantic ■ • 694 



508. Aegialitis (Aegiahus) melodus, (Ord,) Cab. Piping Plover; Eastern coast of 



North America ; Nebraska ; Louisiana.. 695 



509. Aegialitis (Leucopolius) nivosa, Cassin. Presidio, (near San Francisco, ) California • 695 



510. Squatarola helvetica, (Linn.) Cuv. Black-bellied Plover. All of North America. 



The seacoasts of nearly all countries of the world 697 



511. Aphriza virgata, (Gmelin,) Gray. Surf Bird. Pacific coast of North America.? 



South America; Sandwich Islands 698 



512. Saematopus palliatus, Temm. Oyster Catcher. Coast of Atlantic ocean ; States on 



the Pacific? Florida .....' 699 



513. Haematopus niger; Pallas. Bachman's Oyster Catcher. Western coast of the 



United States; Kurile islands — 700 



(514)? Haematopus ater,Y ieillot. Western coast of the United States? South America; 



coast of Chile 700 



515. Strepsilas interpres, (Lmn.) Illig. Turnstone. Shores of the Atlantic and Pacific, 



throughout North America. One of the most widely diffused of 

 birds,' being found in nearly all parts of the world 701 



516. Strepsilas melanocephalus, Yigors. Black Turnstone. Western North America •• • 702 



