AVKS. 57 



HKROPTOXKS. IIKKODII. 



AHl)i:iUAi:. 



lyorisi.WAM. " Aiidtihoii. Birds of Aimr.. isl.l. \(>1. (», p. \'.i2, 

 pi. 370. 



Swamps and lowlands; nests in small In'cs. 



Mk. — Occasional summer visitor. April 7-Au^'. 22. 



X. H. — Rare summer visitor: near Newmarket, 1897. 



Vt. — Rare summer visitor: New Haven, two in Aug. 1SS2; 

 Winooski River, simuner, 1SG9. 



M.\.s.s. — Occasional summer and fall visitor. April-Nov. 22. 



H. I. — Occasional simimer visitor; may have bred at Wes- 

 (piage Pond in 1S94. June l-Oct. 12. 



Conn. — C)c-casional summer visitor. July-(Jct. 



109. Egrett.\ ( am>ii)1ssima (Gmelin) Gosse. 



Snowy heron. 



Ardea candid is.tima Gmel., Syst. nat.. 17SS. vol. ], \n. 2, p. (5.33. 

 "i.\ i.\r.\i).\Ti.-^ PROPE Carthacenam Americae." Audubon, 

 Hirds of Amer., 1843, vol. (1, ji. I(i3. pi. 374. 



Swam|)S and lowlands; nests in small trees. 



Me. — Erroneously accredited. 



\'t. — Accidental visitor: St. All)ans Bay, two in Oct., 1890. 

 Mas.s. — Accidental visitor: near Boston, 1802; Nantucket, 

 March. 1881; Northampton. 1887 (? nee Essex Co.). 



Co.W. — Acci<lental visitor: Hartford; Stratford ("seen"). 



110. Florida rAERUi.E.\ (Linn^) Bainl. 



Little blue heron. 



Anlca raerulca Linn^*, Syst. nat.. cd. 10, 17.")8. vol. 1, p. 143. "i.\ 

 .\.MERICA .SEPTE.NTRIONALI." Auduboii, Birds of .\mer.. 1843, 

 vol. <•), ].. 148, pi. 372. 



Swamps and lowlands; nests in bushes. 



