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183. Ajaja ajaja (Linn.). 

 Roseate Spoonbill. 



Platalea ajaja Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 

 Ajaja ajaja Boucard, Cat. Av. 1876, 54. 



[B SOI, C 488, R 505, C 653.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern Atlantic and Gulf States southward to the 

 Falkland Islands and Patagonia. Formerly north to southern 

 Illinois. 



Family IBIDID^. Ibises. 



Genus GUARA Reichenbach. 



Guara Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xiv. Type, Tantalus ruber 

 Linn. 



184. Guara alba (Linn.). 



White Ibis. 



Scolopax alba Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 145. 

 Guara alba Stejn. Stand. Nat. Hist. IV. 1885, 9. 



[B 499, C 446, R 501, C 651.J 



Geog. Dist. — South Atlantic and Gulf States southward to the 

 West Indies and northern South America ; north to North Carolina, 

 southern Illinois, Great Salt Lake, and Lower California ; casually to 

 Long Island, Connecticut, and South Dakota. 



[185.] Guara rubra (Linn.). 

 Scarlet Ibis. 



Tantalus ruber YjW's. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 241. 

 Guara rubra Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xiv. 



[B 498, C 447, R 502, C 652.] 



Geog. Dist. — Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, southward to the 

 West Indies and northern South America. No record of its recent 

 occurrence in the United States. 



