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Plegadis guarauna (Linne). (26-34.) 
Scolopax guarauna Linne, Syst. Nat. 12tli ed. vol. i. p. 242, 1766: 
Brazil. 
Tantalus mcxicanus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 652, 1789 *. Mexico. 
Numenius chili Vieillot, Nonv. Diet. Hist. Nat. vol. viii. p. 303, 1817 : Chili. 
Ibis erythrorhyncha Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1837, p. 127 : Haiti. 
Ibis brevirostris Peale, U.S. Explor. Exped., Birds, p. 219, 1848 : Peru. 
Ibis tltalassina Ridgway, Amer. Nat. vol. viii. p. 110, 1874 : America. 
Distr .—North and South America, casual to Sandwich Islands. 
Family PLATA LEI I )^E. 
Genus PLATALEA Linne. 
Plata!ea Linne, Svst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 139, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type 
(by subsequent designation of Gray, List Gen. Birds, p. 67, 1840) : 
Plat ale a leucorodia Linne. 
Genus SPATHERODIA Reichenbach. 
Spatherodia Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xvi, 1852 (1853). 
Type (by original designation): S. melanorliynclios—Platalea 
regia Gould. 
Spatherodia regia (Gould). 
Distr. —Australia, except South-West: New Guinea and New 
Zealand. 
Spatherodia regia regia (Gould). (26-47.) 
Platalea regia Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. iv., App. p. 7, 
April 1st, 1838: New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, vi. pi. 50; 
Math. pi. 180.) 
Platalea melanorhynchos Reichenbach, Synops. Av. Icon. pi. Ixxxiv. fig. 424, 
1845: New South Wales. 
Distr. —South-Eastern Australia and New Zealand. 
Spatherodia regia stalkeri (Mathews). 
Platalea regia stalkeri Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 229, 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Alexandra, Northern Territory. 
Distr. —Northern Australia. 
Spatherodia regia intermedia (O.-G ). 
Platalea intermedia Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1889, p. 52, pi. 1 : Port 
Moresby, New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea. 
