ORDER HERODIONES. 95 



Ixobrychus neoxenus (Cory). Cory's Least Bittern. [191.1.] 



Ardetta neoxenaCoRY, Auk, III, April, 1886, 262. (Caloosahatchie River, 

 near Lake Okeechobee, Florida.) 



Range. — Imperfectly known. Breeds in southern Ontario and 

 southern Florida; occurs casually in Massachusetts, Michigan, and 

 Wisconsin. 



Subfamily ARDEIN.S. Herons and Egrets. 

 Genus ARDEA Linnaeus. 



Ardea Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 141. Type, by subs, desig., 

 ArdeacinerealiiNNJEVa (Gray, 1840). 



Ardea occidentdlis Audubon. Great White Heron. [192.] 



Ardea occidentalis Audubon, Birds Amer. (folio). III, 1835, pi. 281. 

 (Keys near Key West, Florida.) 



Range. — Region bordering Gulf of Mexico from southern Florida 

 south to Cuba, Jamaica, and Yucatan; casual north to Anclote 

 River and Micco, Florida. 



Ardea herodias Linnaeus. 



Range. — North America, north to southeastern Alaska and Hudson 

 Bay; south in winter to the West Indies and northern South America. 



a. Ardea herodias herodias Linnjeus. Great Blue Heron. [194.] 



Ardea herodias Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 143. (Hudson Bay.) 



Range. — Western Hemisphere. Breeds from southeastern British Colum- 

 bia, central Alberta, central Manitoba, northern Ontario, and Prince Edward 

 Island south to southern Lower California, northern Texas, and South Atlan- 

 tic States (except Florida); winters from Oregon, the Ohio VaUey, and Middle 

 States south to the West Indies, Panama, and Venezuela. 



b. Ardea herodias f&nnim Chapman. Northwestern Coast Heron. [194a.] 



Ardea herodias fannini Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XIV, 1901. 87. 

 (Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, B. C.) 



Range. — Pacific coast from Prince William Sound, Alaska, to Washington. 



