Family IBIDIDAE. Ibises.

PLEGADIS Kaup.

87. White-faced Glossy Ibis.

_Plegadis guarauna_ (Linn.).

Only two specimens known to be taken in the Province, one on Salt
Spring Island, the other at mouth of Fraser River. Check List of
B. C. Birds, 1891. (_Fannin_.)


Family ARDEIDAE. Herons and Bitterns.

BOTAURUS Hermann.

88. American Bittern.

_Botaurus lentiginosus_ (Montag.).

Common throughout the greater portion of the Province. Breeds both
east and west of Cascades.

ARDEA Linnaeus.

89. Great Blue Heron.

_Ardea herodias_ (Linn.).