AVES. 59 



HERODIONKS. IIMRODII. 



ARDEIDAE. 



Ardea nycticorax Linne\ Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, 

 p. 82, pi. 303. Egg, Capen, 1886; pi. 19, fig. 13. 



Swamps and marshes; nests in colonies m trees, rarely on the 

 ground. 



Me. — Common summer resident, chiefly near the coast. Spring- 

 Sept. 16. Eggs, May 26. 



N. H. — Uncommon summer resident north to southern White 

 Mt. valleys. April-Get. 



Vt. — Uncommon summer resident near lakes and streams. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident; rare winter 

 resident near coast. Mar. 27-Nov. 1 (winter). Eggs, May 2- 

 June 13. 



R. I. — Common summer and rare winter resident. April 1- 

 Sept. 23 (winter). Eggs, May 7- June 7. 



Conn. — Common migrant and less common summer resident. 

 April-Oct. Eggs, April 17. 



113. Nyctanassa violacea (Linne) Sharpe. 



Yellow-crowned night heron. 



Ardea violacea Linn£, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 143. 

 "in America septentrionali." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 0, p. 89, pi. 364. 



Swamps and lowlands; nests in low trees. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Decring, April 13, 1001; Portland, 

 April 11, 1900. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor: six instances. July— Oct. 



R. I. — Accidental visitor: Newport, Aug. 1892; Tiverton, 

 April 23, 1880. 



