FIFTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 1908 



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Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselquist) 

 (Glossy ibis) 

 Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus) 

 (White-faced glossy ibis) 



Family Ciconidae 



Storks 



Mycteria americana Linnaeus 

 (Wood ibis) . 



Family Ardeidae 



Bitterns and Herons 

 Botaurus lentiginosus (Montagu) 

 (American bittern) 

 Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin) 

 (Least bittern) 

 Ixobrychus neoxenus (Cory) 



(Cory least bittern) 

 Ardea herodias Linnaeus 



(Great blue heron) 

 Herodias egretta (Gmelin) 

 (American egret) 

 Egretta candidissima (Gmelin) 

 (Snowy her oil) 

 Hydranassa tricolor ruficollis (Gosse) 

 (Louisiana heron) 

 Florida caerulea (Linnaeus) 

 (Little blue heron) 

 Butorides virescens (Linnaeus) 

 (Green heron) 

 Nycticorax nycticorax naeyius (Bod- 



daert) 



(Black-crowned night heron) 

 Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus) 

 (Yellow- crowned night heron) 



Order F*ali_iciicolae 



Family Gruidae 



Cranes 



Grus americana (Linnaeus) 

 (Whooping crane) 

 Grus mexicana Muller 



(Sandhill crane) 

 Rallus elegans Audubon 



(King rail) 

 Rallus crepitans Gmelin 

 (Clapper rail) 

 Rallus virginianus Linnaeus 



(Virginia rail) 

 Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus) 

 (Sora) 



Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin} 

 (Yellow rail) 

 Creciscus jamaicensis (Gmelin) 

 (Black rail) 

 Crex crex (Linnaeus) 

 (Corn crake) 

 Ionornis martinica (Linnaeus) 



(Purple gallinule) 

 Gallinula galeata (Lichenstein) 

 (Florida gallinule) 

 Fulica americana Gmelin 

 (American coot) 



Order Limicolae 



Plover, snipe, etc. 



Family Phialeiropiclae 



Phalaropcs 

 Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus) 

 (Red phalarope) 

 Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus) 



(Northern phalarope) 

 Steganopus tricolor Vieillot 

 (Wilson phalarope) 



Family Recurvirostridae 



Avocets 



Recurvirostra americana Gmelin 

 (American avocet) 



Family Himantopodidae 



stats 



Himantopus mexicanus (Muller) 

 (Black-necked stilt) 



Family Scolopacidae 



Snipe etc. 

 Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus 

 (European woodcock) 

 Philohela minor (Gmelin) 



(American woodcock) 

 Gallinago delicata (Ord) 

 (Wilson snipe) 

 Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmelin) 

 (Dowitcher) 

 Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say) 

 (Long-billed dowitcher) 

 Micropalama himantopus (Bona- 

 parte) 



(Stilt sandpiper) 

 Tringa canutus Linnaeus 

 (Knot) 



