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Subfamily Ardein.e. Herons and Egrets. 



Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus. Great Blue Heron. 



A tolerably common spring and fall migrant. Very rare sum- 

 mer resident. 



Spring migration. Average, April 1-20. Earliest record. New 

 Haven, March 22, 1902 ; Portland, April 3, 1896. Latest record. 

 New Haven, April 29, 1884, and 1890, May 16, 1907 (A. A. S.) ; 

 Portland, May II, 1875. 



Fall migation. Average, Aug. 20 — Oct. 20. Earliest record. 

 New Haven, July 14, 1893 ; Portland, Aug. 2, 1880. Latest record. 

 New Haven, Nov. 16, 1904; Portland, Nov. 25, 1892; coast, Nov. 

 26, 1875 (Merriam). 1 



Summer records. June 2, 1877, New Haven (W. P. 

 Nichols) ; x May 15, 1897, May 21, 1898, New Haven (L. B. B.) ; 

 June 7, 1897, May 13, 18, June 3, 1905, Litchfield (E. S. W.). 

 E. S. W. says this species is often seen in the summer at Bantam 

 Lake, Litchfield. Nest found in Winchester about 1900 by Wil- 

 liams (Job). 2 



Herodias egretta (Gmelin). Egret. 



An irregular transient visitor in late summer. 



Connecticut records. Prior to 1877, a specimen was shot near 

 Middletown (in Museum of Wesleyan University) ; 3 Grinnell 

 reported seeing it on the marshes near Milford in September; 3 

 Dr. Wood reported one near East Windsor Hill " several years 

 ago " (i. e., before 1877) ; 3 a pair, seen at Lake Saltonstall, July, 

 1876, and later not less than seven (F. S. Smith) ; 3 Aug. 2, 1878, 

 and Aug. 11, 1882, specimens shot by J. R. Chalker near Say- 

 brook (latter in coll. of J. H. S.) ; 4 April 1, 1883, Stamford, adult 

 in full nuptial plumage taken (Schaler) ; Aug. 14, 1883, Hart- 

 ford (W. E. T.) ; 5 1883, East Haven (L. T. Hotchkiss, in Pea- 

 body Museum) ; July 29, 1897, July 30, 1898, Aug. 8, 1898, Stam- 

 ford, young taken (Schaler) ; Aug. 19, 1897, Clinton, one shot; 

 Aug., 1897, Quinnipiac Marshes, North Haven, one seen (Robert- 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. no. 



* Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 293. 

 3 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. in. 



* O. and O., vii, 24, p. 189; viii, 1, p. 4. 



* Auk, iv, 1, p. 78. 



