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Egretta candidissima (Gnielin). 
Ardca candidissima Gm., Syst. Nat., I, 1789, p. 633. 
Ardca candidissima Berlepscli, Ibis, 1884. p. 438 (Angostura). 
Native names Garsa bianco pequina; Egret; Osprey; Garza de 
plnma. Abundant, and like its larger relative H. egretta, more widely 
distributed during the rainy sea.son than- during the dry season. 
Herodias egretta (Gmelin). 
Ardca egretta Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 629. 
Herodias egretta Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 124. 
Native name Garsa bianco graude. Abundant. During the rainy 
season this species has the entire vast savanna region as a feeding 
ground and at that time is widely distributed over the open savannas ; 
but, as the savannas become dry and parched with the advance of the 
dry season, the flocks of egrets are driven closer and closer together 
near the banks of streams and ponds in their search for suitable feeding 
grounds. 
Eye straw yellow ; hill dark chrome yellow : bare skin about base of 
bill and eye citron yellow : feet black. 
Florida CAERLXEA CAERCLEA (Linnaeus). 
Ardea caertdea L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. I. 1758. p. 143. 
Florida caertdea Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 124. 
Not common. Specimens collected only at Caicara, but noted 
also at Ciudad Bolivar, Altagracia and Quiribana de Caicara. Klages- 
took a specimen at Mato River which is recorded by Berlepsch and 
Hartert. 
Agamia agami (Gmelin). 
Ardca agami Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 629. 
Agamia agami Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 125. 
Rare. An immature male (recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert) 
was taken at Quiribana de Caicara, in the belt of heavy timber border- 
ing Quiribana Creek, April 4, 1898; and an adult male, near the same 
point May i, 1907. The colors on the latter bird were: 
Eye ochraceous rufus; bill black above, dusky grey with greenish 
wash below ; feet slate black anteriorly, dusky pea green posteriorly. 
The colors of the immature male taken at Quiribana de Caicara 
