GRALLATORES. 301 



Under this name, but doubtfully, Mr. Peale mentions a bird observed 

 at Oahu, of which we find no specimen in the collection. 

 "We give Mr. Peale's remarks : 



" When at Oahu, this species, or one closely allied to it, was ascer- 

 tained to frequent the fresh-water streams and taro patches in the 

 neighborhood of Pearl River, but having lost the specimens in the 

 wreck of the U. S. Ship Peacock, it is now impossible to assert posi- 

 tively that they are identical, but the resemblance is very close." 



Boiaurus exilis inhabits North America, but we have never seen it 

 from either of the islands in the Pacific, and therefore regard Mr. 

 Peale's statement as possessing peculiar interest. The nearly allied 

 South American bird is regarded as a distinct species, under the name 

 Boiaurus erythromelas (Vieillot). It is quite probable that the bird 

 alluded to by Mr. Peale is unknown to naturalists. 



2. BoTAURUS LENTiGiNOSUS [Montagu). — The American Bittern. 



Ardea lentiginosa, Montagu, Orn. Diet. Supp. (not paged, 1813). 

 Ardea minor, WlLSON, Am. Orn. VIII, p. 35 (1814). 



Wilson, Am. Orn. VIII, Plate LXY, fig. 3 ; Aud. B. of Am. Plate 

 CCCXXXVII ; oct ed. VI, Plate CCCLX V. 



Mentioned by Dr. Pickering as having been noticed on the Sacra- 

 mento River, California, on the 27th of August, 1841. 



2. Family TANTALIDiE. 



1. Genus IBIS, 3Ioehring, Av. Gen. p. 71 (1752). 



1. Ibis Oedii, Bonaparte. — The Glossy Ibis. 



Ihis Ordii, BoNAP. Comp. List, p. 49 (1838). 

 ''Ibis /alcinellus, Linn." Auct. American. 



Bonap. Am. Orn. IV, Plate XXIII, fig. 1 ; Aud. B, of Am. Plate 

 CCCLXXXVII; oct. ed. VI, Plate CCCLVIII. 



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