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BIRDS OF JAMAICA. 
98. Ardea occidentalis. Great White Heron. 
Ardea occidentalis March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 63: Newt. p. Ill’ >Scott, 
Auk , ix. p. 10: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 84. 
Ardea wurdemanni , March, op. cit. p. 64 (?) 
Hob. North America, an occasional visitor to Jamaica. 
99. Ardea egretta. , 
Herodias egretta , Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 80: March, Pr. Ac. Ph. 1864, p 63: 
Newt. p. Ill: Scott, Auk, xi. p. 10: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 95. 
Egretta leuce, Osburn, Zool. p. 6,932, 
Hab. N. America, an occasional visitor to Jamaica. 
100. Ardea candidissima. American Little Egret. 
Egretta candidissima, Gosse, p. 336. Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 81: March, Pr. Ac. 
Ph. 1864, p. 63: Newt. List. p. Ill: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 10, 
Leuco'phoyx candidissima, Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 174. 
Hab. N. America; an occasional visitor to Jamaica in winter. 
101. Ardea rufa. Reddish Egret. 
Demiegretta rufa, March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 63. 
Ardea rufa, Newt. List, p. Ill: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 10. 
Dicromanassa rufa,, Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi, p. 106. 
Hab. N. America; an occasional visitor to Jamaica. 
102. Ardea ludoviciana. ' Lousianan Egret. 
Egretta ruficollis, Gosse, p. 338, id. Ill. pi. 93: 
Ardea ludoviciana, Newt. List, p. Ill: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 10. 
Demiegretta ludoviciana, March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 63. 
Ardea tricolor ruficollis, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 10: 
Dichromanassa rufa, Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 106. 
Hab. North American; “the commonest Heron in Jamaica,’’ (Taylor). 
103. Ardea ccerulea. Little Blue Egret. 
Egretta ccerulea,, Gosse, p. 337. 
Florida ccerulea, Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 81: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 62. 
Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 100. 
Ardea ccerulea, Newt. p. Ill: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 10. 
Egretta nivea, Gosse, p. 334 (jr.?) id. Ill. pi. 90. 
Hab. N. America, common in Jamaica (Scott). 
104. Butorides virescens. Green Gaulin. 
Herodias virescens, Gosse, p. 340. 
Butorides virescens, March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 64: Newt. List, p. Ill: 
Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 186. 
Ardea virescens, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 10. 
Hab. N. America; common and resident in Jamaica 
105. Ardetta exilis. American Little Bittern 
Ardeola exilis, Gosse, B.J. p. 346: 
Ardetta exilis, Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 81: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 64: 
Newt. List, p. Ill: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 231. 
Botaurus exilis, Scott, Auk. ix. p. 9. 
Hab. North America, occasional in Jamaica. 
106. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. 
Botaurus minor, Gosse, p. 346. 
Botarus lentiginosus March, Pr. Ac. Ph. 1864, p. 65: Newt. p. Ill: Scott, 
Auk, ix. p. 9: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 259. 
Hab. N. America; an occasional visitor to Jamaica. 
107. Nycticorax gardeni. American Night-heron. 
Nycticorax americanus, Gosse, p. 314. 
Nyctiardea gardeni, March, Pr Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 65. 
Nycticorax gardeni, Newt. p. 111. 
Nycticorax nycticorax navius, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 10. 
Nycticorax nycticorax , Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 146. 
Hab. N. America; occasionally found in Jamaica. 
108. Nycticorax violaceus. Yellow-crowned Night-heron. 
Nycticorax violaceus , Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 81 March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864: 
p. 65, Newt. p. Ill: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 11. 
Nydianassa violacea, Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 130. 
Hab. Central and South America: “common in the extensive mangrove 
swamps of Jamaica. ” (Taylor). 
