70 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



190. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.). 



American Bittern. 



Ardea lentiginosa Montag. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 1813, — . 

 Botaurus lentiginosus Steph. Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 1819, 592. 



[B 492, C 460, R 497, C 666.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, south to Guatemala, 

 Cuba, Jamaica, and Bermuda ; occasional in British Islands. 



Genus ARDETTA Gray. 



ArdettaG^A.Y, List Gen. B. App. 1842, 13. Type, Ardea minuta 

 Linn. 



191. Ardetta exilis (Gmel.). 



LieaBt Bittern. 



Ardea exilis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 645. 

 Ardetta exilis Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, 345. 



[B 491, C 461, R 498, C 667.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America, north to the British 

 Provinces and south to the West Indies and Brazil. Less common 

 west of the Rocky Mountains ; on the Pacific coast north to northern 

 California. 



191.1. Ardetta neoxena Cory. 



Cory's Least Bittern. 



Ardetta neoxena Cory, Auk, III. April, 1886, 262. 



[B— , C— R— , C— .J 



Geog. Dist. — Southern Florida (Caloosahatchie River, near Lake 

 Okeechobee) ; Ontario ; Michigan. 



Subfamily ARDEIN^. Herons and Egrets. 



Genus ARDEA Linn. 

 Subgenus ARDEA. 



Ardea Linn. S. N. ed. lo, I. 1758, 141. Type, by elimination, 

 A. cinerea Linn. 



