AVE.S. 55 



HERODIOXES. IIERODFI. 



AiJDl.lDAI':. 



10."). HoTAiius LEXTioiNOSus (MoutajTu) Stephens. 



American bittern; Bog hen; Indian hen; Meadow hen; Stake 

 driver; Thunder pump. 



Ardra Irntiffiiumi .Moiitaji., Oriiith. diet., suppl., 1813, [|). l.S(»] 

 "Her." ''the west of England." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1843, vol. 0. J). 04. pi. 3(m. E<rcr, Capen. 1S8G, j)!. 19, fig. 14. 



Fresh and sah marshe.s and borders of streams; nests on fjround. 



Me. — I'neonimon niifjrant and summer resident. A|)ril 27- 

 Oct. 2S. Kfjjjs, late May-June G. 



N. H. — rncommon niifjrant and sninnior resident. Mar.-Xov. 

 (Dec. 11). Kgfis, May 27. 



Vt. — Uneonunon mi>;rant and sununer resident. April 30-fall. 



M.\.s.s. — Common migrant and less common summer resident; 

 casual in winter. Mar. 31-Nov. 26 (Dec. 30; Jan. 5). Kggs, 

 May o-June 10. 



\{. I. — Common migraiU and uncommon summer resident. 

 April (J Nov. 10. KiT^'s. May 23-June 13. 



('o.\.\. — Common migrant and uncommon sununer resident. 

 A|)ril Xov. 



100. IxoHRYCiiLs EXiLi.s ((juielin) .\. (). L'. lomiu. 



Least bittern. 



Ardea exili.t (Jinel., Syst. nat., 178S, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. (>4.5. "Ja- 

 .MAICA." Audtilton. Birds of .\nier., 1S43, vol. (>, |). 100, |)1. 300. 

 Egg, Capen, 18S0, pi. 10, fig. 15. 



Kri'sh marshes and swamps; nests among rushes or in bushes. 



Me. — Rare sununer residciu in southern counties. (Mar. 4, 

 1801, (ieorgetown) May 12-Aug. (Xov. 13). 



X. H. [{are in sununer; may breed in southeastern |)art: Hamil- 

 ton; Hampton Brach, ISOO; Seabrook. 



Vt. — ^Sai<l i<> have occurred "formerlv." 



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