Identifier: distributionmigr45cook (find matches)
Title: Distribution and migration of North American herons and their allies
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 United States. Division of Biological Survey United States. Dept. of Agriculture
Subjects: Herons Spoonbills Ibises Flamingos Birds
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept, of Agriculture, Biological Survey

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istant (Bent). In Cuba these birds are said to nest from April toSeptember. Winter range.—The white ibis is resident throughout its range inCentral and South America and the West Indies. It winters in theUnited States north to Gainesville, Fla. (Chapman), and to southernLouisiana (Beyer, Allison, and Kopman). and in western Mexiconorth to La Barca (Goldman), Mazatlan (Lawrence), and to La Paz(Belding). 16 NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES. Spring migration.—A slight northward migration occurs in spring,bringing the birds to Whitfield, Fla., March IT, 1903 (Worthington) ;Pensacola, Fla., March 19, 1886 (Evermann) ; St. Marys, Ga., March17, 1904 (Arnow). Beyond this they have been taken as wanderersat Beaufort, N. C, July 26, 1908 (Pearson) ; Philadelphia. Pa.(Warren) ; Great Egg Harbor, N. J., 1858 (Turnbull) ; Morichesand Kaynor South, N. Y. (Giraud) ; Milford, Conn., May 23, 1875(Merriam) ; South Woodstock, Yt., summer of 1878 (Tracy) j- «$. RESIDENT O OCCURRENCE //Y SUMMER
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Fig. 4.—Scarlet ibis (Guam rubra). Memphis, Tenn. (Audubon) ; Quincy, 111. (Widmann) ; Mt. Carmel,111., May 8, 1878 (Kidgway) ; Vermilion, S. Dak., May, 1879 (Agers-borg) ; Barr Lake, Colo., 1890 (Smith) ; Ogden, Utah, September,1871 (Allen). Scarlet Ibis. Guara rubra (Linnaeus). The range of the scarlet ibis is northern South America fromeastern Colombia to the mouth of the Amazon; north casually to theUnited States. GLOSSY IBIS. 17 The principal home of this bird is the northern coast of SouthAmerica from Zulia, Venezuela (Ernst), and Trinidad Island(Leotaud) to the mouth of the Amazon (Allen). It penetrates theinterior of Colombia to the Meta River (Burger), follows theAmazon up to the Rio Negro (Ihering), and goes south on the coastof Brazil to Iguape, Sao Paulo (Ihering). When Waterton visitedSouth America in 1812, he found scarlet ibises in innumerable flocksalong the coast of British Guiana near Georgetown and four yearslater found them equally abundant on the coast of French

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