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veo remigibus nigris; the great whooping 
crane. 
J G. pratenfis ; corpore cinereo, vertice papiP 
Jofo ; the great favanna crane. 
Ardea. The Heron. 
Ardea Herodias; the great bluilh greycrefted 
heron. 
* A. immaculata; the great white river heron* 
* A. alba minor ; the little white heron. 
J A. purpurea criftata ; the little crefled purple 
or blue heron. 
* A. varia criftata; the grey white crefted heron*. 
£ A, maculata criftata ; the fpeckled crefte" 
heron, or crabcatcher. 
* A. mugitans; the marfh bittern, or Indian hem 
* A. clamator, corpore fubcseruleo ; the quaw 
bird, or frogcatcher. 
j A. fubfufca ftillata; the little brownifti Ipotted 
bitern. 
J A. violacea; the crefted blue bittern, (called 
poor Job.) 
* A. virifcens ; the green bittern or poke. 
* A. virifcens minor, the leffer green bittern. 
* A. parva ; the leaft brown and ftriped bittern. 
* Piatalea ajaja; the fpoonbill, feen as far North 
as Alatamaha river in Georgia. 
Tantalus. The wood Pelican. 
J Tantalus loculator ; the wood pelican. 
J T. albus ; the white Spanifh curlew, 
j T. fufcus; the dufky and white Spanifh curlew, 
|| T. pidtus ; (Ephoufkyka Indian) the crying 
bird, beautifully fpeckled. 
|| T. Ichthyophagus; the gannet; perhaps little 
different from the Ibis. 
|| Numenius alba varia ; the white godwit. 
If N. peftore rufo; the great red breafted godwit 
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