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182. Phoenicopterus ruber Linn. [585.] Flamingo. 
Resident along the Gulf coast, whence reported by the most southern 
observers; also noted from Tom Green and Concho counties, Tex., 
where Mr. Lloyd found it in August, 1881, and July, 1882. 
183. Ajaja ajaja (Linn.). [505.] Roseate Spoonbill. 
A southern species, resident in the Gulf States; used to occur in the 
bottoms opposite Saint Louis. Mr. Nehrling states that it is common 
in the breeding season near Houston, in eastern Texas, and “ particu- 
larly common on the prairie ponds in the northern part of Harris 
county.” 
184. Guara alba (Linn.). [501.] [White Ibis. 
An inhabitant of tropical America, coming north regularly to south- 
ern Indiana and southern Illinois (Ridgway). Dr. Agersborg shot a 
specimen and saw another in southeastern Dakota in May, 1879. 
185. Guara rubra (Linn.). [502.] Scarlet Ibis. 
A tropical American species. There is no record of its recent occur- 
rence in the United States. It has been recorded from Florida, Loui- 
siana, and Texas. 
186. Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.). [503.] Glossy Ibis. 
Strays less often than the last from its southern home; north only to 
Illinois. February 27, 1880, one was shot and two others seen at a 
small lake in southern Illinois, 7 miles from Saint Louis (Hurter, Bull. 
Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VI, 1881, p. 124). Has been seen at Saint 
Louis, Mo. 
187. Plegadis guarauna (Linn). [504.] White-faced Glossy Ibis. 
A bird of tropical America, coming north regularly to Texas. Mr. 
Sennett and Dr. Merrill found a large colony breeding near Browns- 
ville, in the valley of the lower Rio Grande, during the middle of May, 
1877. It has been shot once in Kansas, near Lawrence (in the fall of 
1879, Goss.). 
188. Tantalus loculator Linn. [500.] Wood Ibis. 
The Wood Ibis is a southern bird, common in all marshy localities 
near the Gulf coast. A few ascend the Mississippi Valley, where they 
have been taken in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Kansas. 
They are rare and irregujar, however, and almost nothing is known of 
their breeding range north of the Gulf States. Though reported by the 
observers as occurring at various times of the year, no Ibises were noted 
in actual migration. 
189. Mycteria americana Linn, [499.] Jabiru. 
A tropical American bird, occurring as far north as southern Texas. 
190. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.). [497.1] Bittern. 
A common summer resident in Manitoba and the Northern States; 
less common farther south. In mild winters the Bittern remains in the 
middle portions of the Mississippi Valley, but ordinarily it passes south 
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