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LIST OF SPECIES. 
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493. Butorides virescens, (Linn.) Bon. Green Heron. United States generally. 676 
494. Butorides brunnescens, (Cab.) Cuba; Florida?... 676 
495. Nyctiardea gardeni, (Gmelin,) Baird. Night Heron. United States generally • • 678 
496. Nyetherodius violaceus, (Linn.) Reich. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. South 
Atlantic and Gulf States ; South America. 679 
497. Tantalus loculator, (Linn.) Wood Ibis. South Atlantic and Gulf States and across 
to the Colorado river ; as far north as North Carolina and mouth 
of Ohio. 682 
498. Ibis rubra, (Linn.) Yieillot. Red or Scarlet Ibis. South America and West 
Indies. Yery rare or accidental in the United States. 683 
499. Ibis alba, (Linn.) Yieillot. White Ibis. South Atlantic and Gulf States ; 
straggling occasionally northward. 684 
500. Ibis (Fcdcinellus) ordii, Bonaparte. Glossy Ibis. Found singly and at inter¬ 
vals over the whole United States. 685 
501. Platalea ajaja, Linn. Rosy Spoonbill. South Atlantic and Gulf States. 686 
502. Plioenicopterus ruber, Linn. Flamingo. Warm parts of America. Rare on the 
Florida Keys. 687 
503. Charadrius virginicus, Borck. Golden Plover. All of North America, South 
America, Northern Asia, Europe...=• 690 
504. Aegialitis ( Oxyechus) vociferus, (Linn.) Cassin. Killdeer. North America to the 
Arctic regions; Mexico; South America. 692 
505. Aegialitis ( Oxyechus) montanus, (Towns.) Cassin. Mountain Plover. Western 
North America ; Fort Bridger, and Fort Tejon. 693 
506. Aegialitis (Ochthodromus) wilsonius, (Ord,) Cassin. Wilson’s Plover. Middle 
and Southern States on the Atlantic, and the Atlantic coast of 
South America. 693 
507. Aegialitis (Aegialeus) semipalmatus, (Bon.) Cab. Semipalmated Plover. The 
whole of temperate North America. Common on the Atlantic - • 694 
508. Aegialitis ( Aegialeus) melodics, (Ord,) Cab. Piping Plover. Eastern coast of 
North America ; Nebraska ; Louisiana... 695 
509. Aegialitis (Leucopolius) nivosa, Cassin. Presidio, (near San Francisco,) California- 695 
510. Squatarola lielvetica, (Linn.) Cuv. Black-bellied Plover. All of North America. 
The seacoasts of nearly all countries of the world. 697 
511. Aphriza virgaia, (Gmelin,) Gray. Surf Bird. Pacific coast ol North America? 
South America; Sandwich Islands. 698 
512. Ilaematopuspalliatus, Temm. Oyster Catcher. Coast of Atlantic ocean; States on 
the Pacific? Florida.*. 699 
513. Ilaematopus niger, Pallas. Bachman’s Oyster Catcher. Western coast of the 
United States; Kurile islands. "100 
(514)? Ilaematopus ater, Yieillot. Western coast of the United States? South America; 
coast of Chile. *00 
515. Strepsila's'iriterpfes,' (Linn.) Illig. Turnstone. Shores of the Atlantic and Pacific, 
throughout North America. One of the most widely diffused of 
birds, being found in nearly all parts of the world.* 701 
516. Strepsilas melanocephalus, Yigors. Black Turnstone. Western North America-• • 1 02 
