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LIST OF SPECIES. 
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493. Butorides virescens, (Linn.) Bon. Green Heron. United States generally 676 
494. Butorides brunnescens, (Cab.) Cuba; Florida? 676 
495. Nyctiardea gardeni, (Gmelin,) Baird. Night Heron. United States generally. 678 
496. Nyctherodius violaceus, (Linn.) Reich. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. South Atlantic 
and Gulf States ; South America. 679 
497. Tantalushculxdor, (Linn.) Wood Ibis. South Atlantic and Gulf States and across 
to the Colorado river ; as far north as North Carolina and mouth 
of Ohio 682 
498. Ibis rubra, (Linn.) Vieillot. Red or Scarlet Ibis. South America and West Indies. 
Very rare or accidental in the United State. 683 
499. Ibis alba, (Linn.) Vieillot, White Ibis. South Atlantic and Gulf States ; straggling 
occasionally northward 684 
500. Ibis (Fcdcinellus) ordii, Bonaparte. Glossy Ibis. Found singly and at intervals over 
the whole United States 685 
501. Plataleaajaja, Linn. Rosy Spoonbill. South Atlantic and Gulf States 686 
502. Phoenieopterus ruber, Linn. Flamingo. Warm parts of America. Rare on the Florida 
Keys 687 
503. Charadrius virginicus, Borck. Golden Plover. All of North America, South Ame- 
rica, Northern Asia, Europe ■■ 690 
504. Aegialitis ( Oxyechus) vociferus, (Linn.) Cassin. Killdeer. North America to the 
Arctic regions; Mexico; South America. 692 
505. Aegialitis (Oxyechus) monianus, (Towns.) Cassin. Mountain Plover. Western North 
Amei'ica; Fort Bridger, and Fort Tejon 693 
506. Aegialitis ( Ochthodromus ) wilsonius, (Ord, ) Cassin. Wilson' s Plover. Middle and South- 
ern States on the Atlantic, and the Atlantic coast of South Ame- 
rica. 693 
507. Aegialitis (Aegialeus) semipalmatus, (Bon.) Cab. Semipalmated Plover. The whole 
of temperate North America. Common on the Atlantic 694 
508. Aegialitis (Aegialeus) melodus, (Ord,) Cab. Piping Plover. Eastern coast of North 
America; Nebraska ; Louisiana 695 
509. Aegialitis ( Leucojxrfius) nivosa, Cassin. Presidio, (near San Francisco,) California ■ • 695 
510. Squatarola helvetica, (Linn.) Cuv. Black-bellied Plover. All of North America. The 
seacoasts of nearly all countries of the world. 697 
511. Aphriza virgat a, (Gmelin,) Gray. Surf Bird. Pacific coast of North America? South 
America; Sandwich Islands 698 
512. Haematopus pcdliatus, Temm. Oyster Catcher. Coast of Atlantic ocean; States on 
the Pacific? Florida 699 
513. Haematopus niger, Pallas. Bachman's Oyster Catcher. Western coast of the United 
States; Kurile islands 700 
(514)? Haematopus ater, Vieillot. Western coast of the United States? South America; 
coast of Chile 700 
515. Strepsilas interpres, (Linn.) Illig. Turnstone. Shores of the Atlantic and Pacific, 
throughout North America. One of the most widely diffused of 
birds, being found in nearly all parts of the world 701 
516. Strepsilas mdanocephalus, Vigors. Black Turnstone. Western North America. 702 
