58 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



HERODIONES. HERODII. 



ARDEIDAE. 



* 



Me. — Accidental visitor. April 1-Sept. 



N. H. — Accidental visitor: Amherst, April 28, 1897. 



Vt. — Doubtfully recorded. 



Mass. — Occasional visitor. April 14- Aug 



R. I. — Rare visitor. June 7-Aug. 



Conn. — Rare visitor. May-Sept. 7. 



111. Bvtorides virescens (Linne) Bonaparte. 



Little green heron; Fly -up-the -creek; Green heron; Poke. 



Ardea virescens Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 144. 

 "America." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, p. 105, pi. 367. 

 Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 19, fig. 12. 



Mainly freshwater streams and ponds; nests in small trees. 



Me. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident in southern 

 counties. May 2-Sept.l9. 



N. H. — Uncommon summer resident in southern half, and in 

 Connecticut valley. Late April-Oct. Eggs, June 16. 



Vt. — Uncommon summer resident in southern part. May- 

 Oct. 



Mass. — Common summer resident. (April 9 and 16) April 26- 

 Oct. 16. Eggs, May 10-June 2. 



R. I. — Common summer resident. April 20-Sept. 24. Eggs, 

 May 21, 23. 



Conn. — Common summer resident. Late April-Oct. Eggs, 

 May 30- June 17. 



112. Xycticorax nycticorax naevius (Boddaert) Zeledon. 



Black-crowned night heron; Buttermunk; Qua-bird; Quok; 

 Shitepoke; Squawk. 



Ardea naevia Bodd., Tabl. d. planch, enlum. d'hist. nat., 1783, 

 p. 56. Based on Buffon: "Cayenne." 



