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Manzanillo) ; Porto Rico (Pinero Island, Vieques Island, and Salinas) ; 

 Venezuela (Margarita Island and the mouth of the Orinoco River) ; 

 British Guiana (Georgetown); French Guiana (Cayenne); Brazil 

 (Counani, Parahyba, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and Taquara) ; and 

 Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cape San Antonio, and Carhue), South 

 to Argentina (Cape San Antonio and Carhue); and Chile (Valdivia). 

 West to Chile (Valdivia, Santiago, and Tarapaca) ; Bolivia (Reyes) ; 

 Peru (Santa Cruz, Ucayali River, and Tumbez) ; Ecuador (Manta 

 and Balzar Mountains) ; Colombia (marshes of Cauca River, Atrato 

 River, and Cartagena) ; Panama (Lion Hill) ; Costa Rica (Rio Frio 

 and Guanacaste) ; Nicaragua (San Juan del Sur) ; Colima, Mexico 

 (Rio Coahuayana) ; Tepic, Mexico (Acapoueta River) ; Sinaloa Mex- 

 ico (Mazatlan); and California (Dos Palos). 



Winter range. — Resident throughout most of its range in South 

 and Central America, and in the southern and western United States. 

 North to California (mouth of the Santa Clara River and Stockton) ; 

 Texas (Point Isabel and Galveston) ; and South Carolina (formerly 

 Charleston). East to South Carolina (formerly Charleston and St. 

 Mary's) ; Florida (mouth of the St. Johns River, Pelican Island, Or- 

 lando, and Lake Okeechobee) ; Cuba (Isle of Pines) ; and Argentina 

 (Buenos Aires) . South to Argentina (Buenos Aires). West to Sina- 

 loa, Mexico (Mazatlan) ; and California (San Diego, San Pedro, and 

 the mouth of the Santa Clara River) . 



Casual records. — Like its larger relative (Casmerodius e. egretta) the 

 snowy egret migrates north of its normal breeding range although 

 not for such great distances nor in such large numbers. There are 

 many records for the State of New York (Brooklyn, August 15,1915; 

 Great South Bay, August 4, 1881; Sayville, Long Island, May 30, 

 18S5; Fire Island, July 1, 1883, and others). In this general region 

 the species has been observed or secured in Connecticut (Groton Long 

 Point, early October; and Lyme, July 28, 1853, and August 16, 1853) ; 

 Massachusetts (near Boston, 1862; Northampton and Plummock 

 Pond, Nantucket, March, 1881); Vermont (2 secured at St. Alban's 

 Bay, in October, 1890); Nova Scotia (Windsor, 1872, and near HaU- 

 fax, 1868) ; Ohio (Cleveland, August 25, 1889, also reported from 

 Lorain Lake and Ashtabula Counties) ; Michigan (Ann Arbor, April 

 9, 1872, August 17, 1874, April 20, 1895, and June, 1895, and Kala- 

 mazoo County, August 6, 1877); Ontario (Dunnville, May 18, 1884, 

 Mexican Point, Lake Ontario, July, 1888, and Combermere, August, 

 1892) ; Wisconsin (Lake Mills, fall of 1889, Lake Koshkonong, June, 

 1860, and August, 1886); Colorado (several records, the most north- 

 ern being Fort Collins, and White River Post Office, 1905); and 

 Wyoming (Laramie, May 1, 1902, and May 23, 1913). 



