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HERODIONES. 
Ny ether odius violaceus , Baird, B. N. Am. p. 679. 
Nycticorax cayennensis , Keich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 239 (ex 
Gmelin). 
a Mexico (T. Mann) 1844. — h South America (Osman) 
1846. - — c Jamaica (< J ’ Gould ) 1846. —d Guatemala (J. Con - 
stancia) 1851. 
Cancroma. 
Gancroma , Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 233 (1766). 
2545. Gancroma cochlearia. 
Gancroma cochlearia , Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 233. 
Nycticorax cancrophagus , Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 236 (ex 
Linnaeus). 
a South America ( Bt at Birmingham) 1844. — h (Arthur 
Strickland) 1850. 
FAMILY.— SCOPIDiE. 
Scopus. 
Scopus , Brisson, Orn. v. p. 503 (1760). 
2546. Scopus umbretta. 
Scopus umbretta, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 618 : Reich. J. f. Orn. 
1877, p. 231. 
a (Kirtland) 1838. — 5. 
A South- African species. 
FAMILY. — CICONIIILE. 
ClCONIA. 
Ciconia , Brisson, Orn. v. p. 361 (1760). 
2547. Ciconia alba. 
Ardea ciconia , Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 235. 
Giconia alba , Bechst. Gem. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 82: 
Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 101; 1850, p. 221: Reich. J. f. Orn. 
1877, p. 170. 
a Smyrna, May (H. E. Strickland) 1836. 
