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full nuptial plumage in beautiful condition. Barbour ■* records 

 both the egret and the snowy heron as rare in Cuba to-day. 



LEUCOPHOYX THULA THULA (Molina) 



Snowy Hebon 



Ardea Thula Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chili, 1782, p. 235 (Chile). 



Male and female were taken by S. W. Parish 4 miles east of 

 Gibara, Cuba, on February 22. Both birds are in fully developed 

 nuptial j)lumage in beautiful condition. 



In view of the few records of this handsome heron for Haiti, it 

 is of interest to report an adult female in beautiful breeding dress 

 with the plumes fully developed taken by S. W. Parish on Grande 

 Cayemite Island on April 12. The species has not been reported 

 previously from this island. 



Peters ^ is correct in using the genus Leucophoyx Sharpe for this 

 species, which differs decidedly from Egretta garzetta^ type of the 

 genus Egretta, in form of crest and breast feathers. 



HYDRANASSA TRICOLOR RUFICOLLIS (Gosse) 



Louisiana Heeon 



Egretta ruficolUs Gosse, Birds of Jamaica, 1847, p. 338 (Burnt Savanna River, 

 Jamaica). 



A male, fully adult, was obtained at the mouth of the Moa River 

 near Cayo Grande de Moa, Cuba, on March 16. 



Another male in worn postjuvenal dress was collected at Petit Trou 

 de Nippes, Haiti, April 9. Two others in full breeding plumage were 

 secured on Grande Cayemite Island on April 12, and lie a Vache 

 on May 6. One was seen on Petite Gonave Island on March 19. A 

 specimen shot on Bug Island opposite Corail on April 18 was pre- 

 served in alcohol. 



FLORIDA CAERULEA CAERULESCENS (Latham) 



Little Blub Heeon 



Ardea caerulcscens Latham, Index Orn., vol. 2, 1790, p. 690 (Cayenne). 



Two were obtained near Gibara on February 21 and 24; one from 

 Puerto de Tanamo, Cuba, March 2; and one from Cayo Grande 

 de Moa, March 4. One of these is an immature bird in white dress, 

 while the others are adults. The latter resemble other birds from the 

 West Indies in darker coloration when compared with skins from 

 the Southeastern United States. 



5 Mem. Nutt. Orn. Club, no. 6, June, 1923, p. 28. 



« Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 1, 1931, p. 113. 



