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428 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



banks of rivers in various parts of the lowlands of western and northern 

 Costa Rica. 



90. Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein). 



(Native name " Galan sin ventura.") 



Ciconia mycteria Lichtenstein, Abh. K. Akad.J Wiss. Berlin (Phys. Kl.) for 

 1816-17, 1819, 163. 



Jabiru mycteria Al.LEN, Auk, XXV, 1908, 37, 38. 



Mycteria americana Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 407 (L?. Palma 

 de Nicoya). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 130. — Rich- 

 mond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 1893, 526 (Rio Frio). — Underwood, 

 Ibis, 1896, 450 (Miravalles, occasionally seen). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., XXVI, 1898, 314. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, 

 III, 1902, 187 (references cited). 



John E. Thayer Collection : Bolson (Underwood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Talo Verde. 



The Jabiru in Costa Rica is almost entirely confined to the lagoons 

 of Guanacaste and Nicoya, but one record being known elsewhere 

 (Rio Frio). It is not particulary rare, but is extremely wild and diffi- 

 cult to shoot, it being necessary to secure them with a rifle. They 

 select some shallow lagoon and stand far out from shore whence they 

 can see anyone approaching for a long distance. 



Family ARDEID^. 

 91. Ardea herodias herodias (Linnaeus). 



(Native name " Garza.") 



Ardea herodias Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 143. —Lawrence, Ann. 

 Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., IX, 1868, 142 (C. R. [ Frantzius and J. Carmiol]). 

 — Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 376 (San Antonio). — Zeledon, An. Mus. 

 Nac. de C. R., 130. — Cherrie, Auk, 1890, 332; 1892, 329 (seen occa- 

 sionally from Nov. to Jan.). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXVI, 1898, 

 80 (San Jose [Frantzius], Port Limon [\V. H. MilnerJ). — Salvin and 

 Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1901, 159 (San Jose, San Lucas, La 

 Carpintera, Bebedero, Miravalles [Underwood]). 



Carnegie Museum : El Hogar, Jan. 2 (Carriker). One skin. 



A rather rare winter visitor, going over the whole country wherever 

 suitable conditions are found, up to 5,000 feet. 



92. Herodias egretta (Gmelin). 



Ardea egretta Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1788, 629. — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. 

 de C. R., I, 1887, 130 (San Jose, Desamparados, Cartago). — Cherrie, 

 Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 57 (Rio Grande de Terraba) ; Auk, 1890, 



