NORTH AMERICA. 
Veo remigibus nigris ; the great whooping 
crane. • 
J G. pratenfis ; corpore cinereo, vertice papil- 
lofo 5 the great favanna crane. 
Ardea. The Heron. 
«f Ardea Herodias ; the great bluifh grey crefted 
heron* 
* A. immaculata • the great white river hsron. 
* A. alba minor ; the little white heron. 
| A. purpurea criftata ; the little crefted purple 
or blue heron. 
* A. varia criftata ; the grey white crefted heron. 
| A. maculata criftata ; the fpeckled crefted 
heron, or crabcatcher. 
* A. mugitansj the marfli bittern, or Indianh en. 
* A. clamator, corpore fubcsruleo ; the quaw 
bird, or frogcatcher. 
J A. fubfufca ftillata ; the little brownifh fpotted 
bittern. 
J A. violacea ; the crefted blue bittern, (called 
poor Job.) 
* A. virifcens ; the green bittern or poke. 
* A. virifcens minor, the letter green bittern. 
* A. parva ; the leaft brown and ftriped bittern. 
* Platalea ajaja ; the fpoonbill, feen as far North 
as Alatamaha river in Georgia. 
Tantalus. The wood Pelicaji. 
I Tantalus loculator ; the wood pelican. 
J T. albus ; the white Spanifh curlew. 
I T. fufcus ; the dufky and white Spanifti curlew. 
|| T. piclus ; (Ephoufkyka Indian) the crying 
bird, beautifully fpeckled. 
|| T. Ichthyophagus ; the ganaet ; perhaps little 
different from the Ibis. 
|| Numenius alba varia ; the white godwit. 
^ N. peftore rufo \ the great red breafted godwit, 
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