LIST 



OF THE 



WATER BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES, 



WITH THEIR GENERIC CHARACTERS, ACCORDING TO THE ARRANGEMENT OF LATHAM. 



Those printed in italics are new species, not heretofore figured or described. 



SPOONBILL. 



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Bill long, thin, the tip dilated, orbicular, flat ; nos- 

 trils small, placed near the base of the bill; tongue short, 

 pointed ; feet four toed, semipalmate. 



Roseate Spoonbill, {Platalea ojaja) . . . vii 123 



HERONS. 



Bill long, strong, sharp-pointed, straight, subcom- 

 pressed, with a furrow from the nostrils towards the tip; 

 nostrils linear; tongue pointed; feet four toed, connected 

 by a membrane as far as the first joint; the middle claw 

 of some of the species pectinated. 



American Bittern, (Ardea minor^) . . . viii 35 

 Blue Crane, or Heron, {A, caruled) . . . vii 117 

 Great H. {A, herodias) . . . . . viii 28 

 Great White H. (^A, egretta) , , . vii 106 



Green H. {A, virescens) . . . . vii 97 



Least Bittern, (A, exilis) . . . . . viii 37 



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