722 SYNOPSIS OF 
Nests on bushes or trees. Eggs, three, dull white, tlotched with pale 
yellow, and irregularly spotted with deep reddish browr.. 
Ibis alba, Bonap. Syn. p. 312. Nutt. ii. 86. Aud. iii. 173; v. 593; plate 222 ; 
Syn. p. 257. 
GENUS II.—TANTALUS, Linn.— WOOD IBIS. 
819. Tantalus loculator, Linn. — Wood Ibis, Wilson, p. 561. 
Tantalus loculator, Bonap. Syn. p. 310. Nutt. ii. 82. Aud. iii. 128; plate 2165 
Syn, p. 258. 
GENUS IV.—PLATALEA, Linn. — SPOONBILL. 
320. Platalea Ajaja, Zinn.— Roseate Spoonbill, Wilson, p. 588. 
Nests on tops of mangroves, Eggs, three, granulated, pure white. 
Platalea Ajaja, Bonap. Syn. p. 346. Nutt. ii, 79. Aud. iv. 188; plate 321; Syn. 
p. 280. 
GENUS V.—ARDEA, Linn. —HERON. 
321. Ardea nycticorax, Linn. — Night Heron, Wilson, p. 524. 
Ardea nycticorax, Bonap. Syn. p. 305. Aud. iii. 275; v. 600; Syn. p. 261; plate 
230. — Ardea discors, Mui. ii. 54. 
322. Ardea violacea, Linn. —Yellow-crowned Heron, Wilson, p. 
Ardea violacea, Bonap. Syn, p. 306. Mult. ii. 52. Aud. iv. 290; Syn. p, 262; 
plate 336. : 
323. Ardea lentiginosa, Swain. — American Bittern, Wilson, p. 558. 
Eggs, of a uniform dull olivaceous color. 
Ardea minor, Bonap. Syn. p. 307. Nutt. ii. 60. Aud. iv. 296; plate 337. ~ Ardea 
lentiginosa, Rich. § Swain. ii. 374. Aud. Syn. p. 263. 
324, Ardea exilis, Wilson.— Least Bittern, Wilson, p. 560. 
Ardea exilis, Bonap. Syn. p. 308. Nutt. ii, 266. Aud. ii. 77; v. 606; plate 210; 
Syn. 263. 
325. Ardea virescens, Linn.-~ Green Heron, Wilson, p. 522. 
Ardea virescens, Bonap, Syn. p. 307. Nutt. ii. 63. Aud. iv. 274; plate 333; 
Syn. p. 264. 
326. Ardea occidentalis, Aud.— Great White Heron. 
Bill, tibie, and hind part of tarsi, yellow ; anterior part of latter, dull 
green ; plumage, entirely white; feathers of the head, elongated and lan- 
ceolate. Male, 54, 83. Female, 50,75. Habitat, Southern Florida Keys 
and Texas. Nests in low trees, a few feet above high-water mark. Eggs 
three, 2} inches in length, 1% in breadth, of an uniform plain light bluish 
green color. 
‘ Area occidentalis, Aud. iii. 542; v. 595; plate 264; Syn. p. 264. 
327, Ardea herodias, Linn. — Great Blue Heron, Vila, p. 554. 
Ardea herodias, Bonap. Syn. p. 304. Mutt. ii. 42. Aud. iii. 873 v. 569; plate 211; 
Syn. p. 265. ; : 
828. Ardea Ludoviciana, Wilson. — Louisiana Heron, Wilson, p. 542. 
