ILLUSTRATIONS. 



DISTRIBUTION MAPS. 



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Fig. 1. Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 11 



2. Roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) 13 



3. White ibis (Guam alba) 15 



4. Scarlet ibis (Guara rubra) 16 



5. Glossy ibis (Plegadis autumnalis) 18 



6. White-faced glossy ibis (Plegadis guarauna) 20 



7. Wood ibis ( Mycteria americana) 23 



8. Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) 25 



9. Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) 26 



10. Least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) 30 



11. Cory least bittern (Ixobrychus neoxenus) 33 



12. Great white heron (Ardea occidentalis) 34 



13. Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) 35 



14. Egret (Herodias egretta) 41 



15. Snowy egret (Egretta candidissima) 46 



16. Reddish egret (Dichromanassa ru/escens) 50 



17. Louisiana heron (Hydranassa tricolor) 51 



18. Little blue heron (Florida caerulea) 53 



19. Green heron (Butorides virescens) 60 



20. Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax naevius) 61 



21 . Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) 65 



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