VI 
CONTENTS. 
Genus III. Platalea. Spoonbill. 
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71 
Roseate Spoonbill, - 
Platalea Ajaja, - 
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72 
FAMILY XXXVIII. ARDEINyE. HERONS. 
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81 
Genus 1. Ardea. Heron. 

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81 
Black-crowned Night Heron, Qua- 
bird, - 
| Ardea Nycticorax, 
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82 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 
violacca, - 
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89 
American Bittern, - 
lentiginosa, 
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94 
Least Bittern, - 
exilis, 
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100 
Green Heron, .... 
virescens, 
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105 
Great White Heron, 
Occident alis, 
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110 
Great Blue Heron, ... 
Herodias, 
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122 
Great American White Egret, 
Egrctta , - 
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132 
Reddish Egret, - - - - 
rufescens, 
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139 
Blue Heron, ..... 
ccerulea, - 
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148 
Louisiana Heron, - 
Ludoviciana, - 
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156 
Snowy Heron, .... 
candidissima, - 
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163 
FAMILY XXXIX. ANATINiE. DUCKS. - 
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167 
Genus I. Phcenicopterus. Flamingo. - 
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168 
American Flamingo,. 
Phcenicopterus ruber, - 
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169 
Genus II. Anser. Goose. 

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179 
Canada Goose, .... 
Anser canadensis, 
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178 
Hutchins’ Goose, - 
Hutchinsii, 
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198 
Bernacle Goose, - 
leucopsis, - 
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200 
Brent Goose, - 
Bernicla, - 
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203 
White-fronted Goose, - 
albifrons, 
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209 
Snow Goose, 
hypcrborcus, - 
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212 
Genus III. Cygnus. Swan. 

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218 
Trumpeter Swan, - 
Cygnus Buccinator, - 
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219 
American Swan, - 
Americanus, - 
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226 
