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ments of the two are as follows : Wing 465, 473 ; tail 165,176 ; culmen 

 from base 142.3, 144.9 ; tarsus 169, 185 mm. 



The presence of this race in southwestern Kentucky need occasion 

 no surprise since Ward's heron is already known as the breeding bird 

 of Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee.^ It is probable that Ward's heron is 

 confined in Kentucky to this general region and that the birds recorded 

 by Perrygo near Uniontown along the Ohio River on May 10 and 13, 

 and near Waverly on May 9, were the typical great blue heron {Ardea 

 herodias herodias). This, however, is supposition, as no specimens 

 were obtained. 



CASMERODIUS ALBUS EGRETTA (Gmelin) : American Egret 



Two beautiful birds in full plumage, male and female, were taken 

 at an arm of Reelfoot Lake 4i/2 miles southwest of Hickman, May 23. 



BUTORIDES VIRESCENS VIRESCENS (Linnaeus) : Eastern Green Heron 



The first one seen was found near Brandenburg on April 28. At 

 Uniontown one was taken near the Ohio River on May 13, and at 

 Waverly another was secured on May 16. One was shot near Rocky- 

 branch, Wayne County, June 8, and another was seen near Stearns, 

 McCreary County, June 16. In fall one was recorded near the Ohio 

 west of Burlington on October 10. 



BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS (Montagu) : American Bittern 



A male was taken near the Ohio River 6 miles west of Burlington 

 on October 10. 



Family CATHARTIDAE 



CATHARTES AURA SEPTENTRIONALIS Wied: Eastern Turkey Vulture 



This widely distributed bird was observed at many localities. One 

 specimen was taken, a male, 4 miles southwest of Warsaw- on October 

 12. A flock was seen on this occasion. The wing in this bird meas- 

 ures only 521 mm., but the outer primaries seem to have been molted 

 recently and are probably not quite grown, so that the measurement 

 would have been increased somewhat. The tail is 245 mm. 



CORAGYPS ATRATUS (Meyer) : Black Vulture 



Records for this southern species are as follows : Hickman, May 31 

 (specimen); Cerulean Springs, Trigg County, November 5; Round- 

 hill, Butler County, November 7 and 12; Brandenburg, April 22; 

 and Warsaw, October 12. None were observed in the more eastern 

 sections of the State. The bird taken, a female, has a wing measure- 

 ment of 412 mm. 



« Ganier, A. F., Tennessee Avifauna No. 2, Feb. 1933, p. 12. 



