16 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 



FANILY miDIDAE. Ibises. 



71. Guara alba. White Ibis. 



Gulf coast counties, breeding in the marshes and lagoons. 



72. Guara rubra. Scarlet Ibis. 



A tropical Amejiean species formerly straggling to. the Gulf coast. 

 None have been recorded in recent years. 



73. Plegadis guarauna. White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



An abundant summer resident of Southern Texas. Up to recent yeais, 

 immense colonies nested in the lagoons and marshes in the region be- 

 tween Refugio, and Brownsyille. 



FAMILY CICONnDAE. Storks and Wood Ibises. 



74. Mycteria anericana. Wood Ibis. 



Formerly an abundant species throughout the Eastern and South- 

 eastern sections or the State, still common in some localities. At the 

 end of the breeding season,, in July and August, these birds straggle 

 all over Texas.. Recorded from the Red river, near Texarkana by 

 Gbevholser in IS 02. Common at Coon Lake, Bee county in 1905. 

 (Strecker). 

 75.. MMra mycteriat Jabiivu American Wood Stork. 



A tropical American species.. One specimen was taken near Galves- 

 ten^the only record for the United States. 



FAMILY ARDEIDAE. Herons, Bitterns,, Etc. 



76: Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. 

 Winter resident. 



77. Ixobrychus exilis. Least Bittern. 



Summer resident of the entire State, breeding from the northern 

 boundary south to Brownsville. Winters chiefly near the southern 

 Gulf coast. 



78. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. 



Abundant winter resident, especially in the coast counties. Summer 

 resident, breeding locally throughout the State. 



79. Ardea herodias wardi. Ward Heron. 



Coast region of Texas. A fine breeding male in the Baylor Univer- 

 sity collection was shot near Refugio in June, 1904. 



