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Family PLATALEID^E. 

 88. Ajaja ajaja (Linnaeus). 



Platalea ajaja LlNN^EUS, Syst. Nat. , ed. io, I, 1758, 140. — LAWRENCE, Ann. 



Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 142 (Costa Rica [Capt. J. M. Dow] ). — Frantzius, 



Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 376 (Pirris and Tirribi). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 



44 (near San Jose, I spec., April). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 



Am., Aves, III, 1902, 190 (references cited). 

 Ajaja ajaja Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., 1852, p. xvi. — Cherrie, Expl. Zool. 



en. C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 57 (Boca Zacate, common). — Richmond, Proc. U. 



S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 1893, 527 (Rio Frio, flock of seven). — Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus., XXVI, 1898, 52. 

 Ajaja rosea Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 407 (La Palma de 



Nicoya, common). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 450 (Miravalles, rare so 



high up). 



Bangs Collection : Bolson (Underwood). 



C. H. Lankester Collection : Palo Verde de Guanacaste. 



Carnegie Museum : Bebedero (Carriker). Two skins. 



The Roseate Spoonbill is not uncommon in many parts of Costa Rica, 

 keeping as a rule to the lowlands of the Pacific, especially the lagoons 

 of Guanacaste. There are records for its occurrence in many other 

 places, however, and even, though rarely, it gets as high as San 

 Jose. Several birds were seen in the delta of the Rio Grande de 

 Terraba, but were very wild and none were secured. I shot two birds 

 in a small stream at Guapiles in April, 1905, but no others were ever 

 seen on the Caribbean side. They are probably common about the 

 lower part of the San Juan River, at least I have been told so. 



Family CICONIID^. 

 89. Mycteria americana Linnaeus. 



(Native name " Garzon.") 



Mycteria americana LlNN/EUS, Syst. Nat., ed. IO, I, 1758, 140. — Fourteenth 

 Suppl. A. O. U. Check List, Auk, 1908, 363. 



Tantalus loculator Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 376 (San Jose) (?). — Nut- 

 ting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 407 (La Palma de Nicoya, abundant). 

 — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 130 (C. R.). — Cherrie, 

 Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1890-1, 1893, 52 (Palmar, common). — Richmond, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 1893, 527 (Rio Frio, common). — Underwood, 

 Ibis, 1896, 449 (Miravalles, several noticed). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., XXVI, 1898, 321. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, III, 1902, 188 (references cited). 



The Wood Ibis inhabits the lagoons of Guanacaste and the marshy 



