vi CONTENTS. 



Genus III. Platalea. Spoonbill. 



Roseate Spoonbill, 



- Platalea Jljaja, 



71 



72 



FAMILY XXXVIII. ARDEIN^E. HERONS. 



81 



Genus I. Ardea. Heron. 



Black-crowned Night Heron, Qua- 

 bird, - 



Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 



American Bittern, - 



Least Bittern, - 



Green Heron, - 



Great White Heron, - 



Great Blue Heron, - 



Great American White Egret, 



Reddish Egret, - 



Blue Heron, - 



Louisiana Heron, - 



Snowy Heron, - 



> Ardea Nycticorax, 



S2 



violacea, 



S9 



lentiginosa, - 



94 



exilis, 



- 100 



virescens, 



- 105 



Occident alls, 



- 110 



Herodias, 



- 122 



Egretta, 



- 132 



rufescens, 



- 139 



ccerulea, 



- 148 



Ludoviciana, 



- 156 



candidissima, 



- 163 



FAMILY XXXIX. ANATIN^E. DUCKS. 



167 



Genus I. Phcenicopterus. Flamingo. 



American Flamingo, 



Phcenicopterus ruber, 



168 

 169 



Genus II. Anser. Goose. 



178 



Canada Goose, 

 Hutchins' Goose, 

 Bernacle Goose, - 

 Brent Goose, 

 White-fronted Goose, 

 Snow Goose, 



Anser canadensis, 



- 178 



Hutchinsii, 



- 19S 



leucopsis, 



- 200 



Bernicla, 



- 203 



albifrons, 



- 209 



hyperboreus, 



- 212 



Genus III. Cygnus. Swan. 



Trumpeter Swan, - 



American Swan, - - - - 



Cygnus Buccinator, 

 Americanus, 



21S 



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