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188. Tantalus loculator Linn. 

 Wood Ibis. 



, Tantalus loculator Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 



[B 497, C 444, R 500, C 648.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern United States, from the Ohio Valley, 

 Colorado, Utah, southeastern California, etc., south to Argentine 

 Republic ; casually northward to Pennsylvania and New York. 



Subfamily CICONIINiE. Storks. 



Genus MYCTERIA Linn^us. 



Mycteria Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. Type, M. americana 



Linn. 



[189.] Mycteria americana Linn. 

 Jabiru. 



Mycteria americaiia Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 140. 



[B— C 448 bis, R 499, C 654.] 



Geog. Dist. — Tropical America, north casually to southern Texas. 



Suborder HERODII. Herons, Egrets, 

 Bitterns, etc. 



Family ARDEID.S1. Herons, Bitterns, etc. 

 Subfamily BOTAURIN.ai. Bitterns. 



Genus BOTAURUS Hermann. 



Botaurus Hermann, Tabl. Affin. Anim. '1783, 135. Type, 

 Ardea stellaris Linn. 



