AVES. 57 



HERODIONES. HERODII. 



ARDEIDAE. 



Louisianam." Audubon, Birds of Amor., 1843, vol. 6, p. 132, 

 pi. 370. 



Swamps and lowlands; nests in small trees. 



Me. — Occasional summer visitor. April 7-Aug. 22. 



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



Vt. — Rare summer visitor: New Haven, two in Ana'. L882; 

 Winooski River, summer, 1869. 



Mass. — Occasional summer and fall visitor. April-Nov. 22. 



R. I. — Occasional summer visitor; may have bred at Wes- 

 quage Pond in 1S94. June 1-Oct. 12. 



Coxx. — Occasional summer visitor. July-Oct. 



109. Egretta candidissima (Gruelin) Gosse. 



Snowy heron. 



Ardea candidissima Gmel., Syst. nat., L788, vol. 1. pt. 2, p. 633. 

 "in inundatis prope Carthagenam Americae." Audubon, 

 Birds of Amor., 1843, vol. 6, p. 163, pi. 374. 



Swamps and lowlands; nests in small trees. 



Me. — Erroneously accredited. 



Vt.- — Accidental visitor: St. Albans Bay, two in Oct., 1890. 

 Mass. — Accidental visitor: near Boston, 1862; Nantucket, 

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



Coxx. — Accidental visitor: Hartford; Stratford ("seen"). 



110. Florida caerulea (Linne) Baird. 



Little blue heron. 



Ardea caerulea Linn6, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 143. "in 

 AMERICA SEPTENTRIONAL!." Audubon, Birds of Amor., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 148, pi. 372. 



Swamps and lowlands; nests in bushes. 



