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182. Phoenicopterus ruber Linu. [585.] Flamingo. 



Besiclent along- the Gulf coast, whence reported by the most southern 

 observers; also noted from Tom Green and Concho counties, Tex., 

 where Mr. Lloyd found it in August, 1881, and July, 1882. 



183. Ajaja ajaja (Linn.). [505.] Boseate Spoonbill. 



A southern species, resident in the Gtilf States; used to occur in the 

 bottoms opposite Saint Louis. Mr. Kehrling states that it is common 

 in the breeding season near Houston, in eastern Texas, and " particu- 

 larly common on the prairie ponds in the northern part of Harris 

 county." 



184. G-uara alba (Linn.). [501.] White Ibis. 



An inhabitant of tropical America, coming north regularly to south- 

 ern Indiana and southern Illinois (Ridgway). Dr. Agersborg shot a 

 specimen and saw another in southeastern Dakota in May, 1879. 



185. Guara rubra (Lin u.). [502.] Scarlet Ibis. 



A tropical American species. There is no record of its recent occur- 

 rence in the United States. It has been recorded from Florida, Loui- 

 siana, and Texas. 



186. Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.). [503.] Glossy Ibis. 



Strays less often than the last from its southern home ; north only to 

 Illinois. February 27, 1880, one was shot and two others seen at a 

 small lake in southern Illinois, 7 miles from Saint Louis (Hurter, Bull. 

 Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VI, 1881, p. 124). Has been seen at Saint 

 Louis, Mo. 



187. Plegadis guarauna (Linn). [504.] White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



A bird of tropical America, coming north regularly to Texas. Mr. 

 Sennett and Dr. Merrill found a large colony breeding near Browns- 

 ville, in the valley of the lower Eio Grande, during the middle of May, 

 1877. It has been shot once in Kansas, near Lawrence (in the fall of 

 1879, Goss.). 



188. Tantalus loculator Linn. [500.] Wood Ibis. 



The Wood Ibis is a southern bird, common in all marshy localities 

 near the Gulf coast. A few ascend the Mississippi Valley, where they 

 have been taken in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Kansas. 

 They are rare and irregular, however, and almost nothing is known of 

 their breeding range north of the Gulf States. Though reported by the 

 observers as occurring at various times of the year, no Ibises were noted 

 in actual migration. 



189. Mycteria americana Linn. [499.] Mini. 



A tropical American bird, occurring as far north as southern Texas. 



190. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.). [497.] Bittern. 



A common summer resident in Manitoba and the Northern States ; 

 less common farther south. In mild winters the Bittern remains in the 

 middle portions of the Mississippi Valley, but ordinarily it passes south 



