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Family PLATALEIDiE. Spoonbills. 



(457) Ajaia ajaja (Linn.). 



Plaialea ajaja Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 140 (" Habitat in America australi"). 

 Ajaja ajaja Robinson, Flying Trip, p. 151 (R. Magdalena). 



Of local distribution throughout the Tropical Zone. Common in the 

 Cauca Valley. 

 Cali, 1. 



Family CICONIID^. Stobks. 



(460) Jabiru mycteria (Licht.). 

 Ciconia mycteria Light., Verz. Doubl., 1823, p. 76 (Brazil). 



Occasionally seen from the steamer, high in the air, over the lower 

 Magdalena. Four adults and two downy nestlings were collected by Mrs. 

 Kerr on the Rio San Jorge, the nestlings being taken in December. 



Family ARDEID^E. Heeons, Boatbills, Bitterns. 



(461) Ardea cocoi Linn. 



Ardea cocoi Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 237 (Cayenne); Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 384 

 (Lake Paturia); Robinson, Flying Trip, p. 152 (R. Magdalena). 



Common throughout the Tropical Zone. 

 Malena, 1; Villavicencio, 1. 



(463) Herodias egretta (Gmel.). 



Ardea egretta Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1789, p. 629 (Cayenne); Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 384 (Lake Paturia); Robinson, Flying Trip, p. 152 (R. Magdalena). 



Locally distributed throughout the Tropical Zone. It was not un- 

 common in the Cauca Valley, but few were seen on the Magdalena River. 

 Its numbers have been greatly decreased by plume hunters. 



La Morelia, 1. 



