BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



FAMILY 



ARDEID£. 



Subfamily, ARDEINyE. 



Genus: ARDEA. Linn. 

 ARDEA : LINNAEUS, SYST. NAT., J. p. 233, 1766. 



ARDEA RUFA. Bodd. 



& Aigrette rousse de la Louisiane. Buff., PL EnL, pi. 902(1777-84). 

 Ardea rufa. Bodd., Tabl. P. E., p. 54 (1783). — Coues, Key N. 



Am. Bds., p. 26S (1872). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 170 (1880); 



Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 154 (1881). 

 Demiegretta rufa. BcL, Bds. N. Am., p. 662 (1S58); Cat. N. Am. 



Bds., No. 4S3 (1859). 

 Dichromanassa rufa. Ridgw., Bull. U. S. Geog. and Geog. Surv. 



Terr., IV. No. 1, p. 236 (187S). — Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 



No. 661 (18S2). — Bd., Bwr. and Ridgw., N. Am. W. Bds., I. 



p. 33 (1884). — Coues, Key N. Am. Bds., p. 661 (1SS4). 

 Reddish egret. Lath., Synop., III. p. 88 (1785). 



Ardca rufescens. " Gra., Syst. Nat., I. ii. 1788, 628, No. 33." — 

 And., Bds. Am., VI. p. 139, pi. 371 (1843). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Slaty gray; head and neck below, brown; 

 an occipital crest of the same color; lores, flesh color; iris, white; 

 bill, black on the terminal half, like the lores at the base; legs, 



