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among them nearly aver my head. Thereupon it emitted a series of 

 low double groans at irregular intervals. If I had not seen the bird, 

 I should have been puzzled as to the source of the sounds. 



The small size of this heron, somewhat smaller than a crow, its 

 short cut-off tail, its general greenish-black color with a chestnut- 

 colored throat and bluish-gray primaries make its recognition in the 

 field easy. 



The green heron is too interesting a bird to be used for a pot 

 hunter's target as is often the case. He who is so fortunate as to have 

 a breeding place for this bird near him should zealously guard it and 

 he will learn many interesting and amusing traits and will be well 

 rewarded. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Central America north and west of Honduras, with the 

 United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. 



Breeding range. — North to South Dakota (Vermilion and probably 

 Sioux Falls) ; Minnesota (Minneapolis and Lanesboro) ; Wisconsin 

 (Elkhorn, Kelley Brook, and Sturgeon Ba}^ ; Michigan (Grand Rap- 

 ids) ; Ontario (Guelph, Yarker, and Loughboro Lake) ; Quebec (Mon- 

 treal) ; Maine (Pittsfield and Calais) ; and probably New Brunswick 

 ^St. John and Grand Manan). East to New Brunswick (probably 

 Grand Manan) ; Maine (Calais) ; Massachusetts (Essex, Barnstable, 

 and Dukes Counties) ; Rhode Island (Newport and Haversham) ; 

 New York (Long Island) ; New Jersey (Elizabeth, Red Bank, Tuck- 

 erton, and Sea Isle City) ; Virginia (Cobb's Island, Wallops Island, 

 and Dismal Swamp) ; North Carolina (Pea Island and Beaufort) ; 

 South Carolina (Charleston and Frogmore) ; Georgia (Savannah, 

 Blackboard Island, St. Marys, and Okeefinoke vSwamp) ; Florida (Pa- 

 latka, Micco, and Cape Sable) ; Yucatan (Cozumel Island) ; British 

 Honduras (Belize); and Guatemala (Lake Yzabel and Duenas). 

 South to Guatemala (Lake Yzabel and Duenas) ; Oaxaca (Tehuan- 

 tepec) ; and Colima (Colima). West to Colima (Colima) ; Tamaulipas 

 (Tampico) ; Texas (Brownsville, Del Rio, Kerrville, and Waco) ; Okla- 

 homa (Chattanooga and Fort Reno); Kansas (Wichita, Ellsworth, 

 Hays, and Onaga) ; Nebraska (Gibbon probably, and Alda) ; and South 

 Dakota (Vermilion, and probably Sioux Falls). 



Winter range. — Principally Mexico and Central America. Dis- 

 tribution during this season severely circumscribed as this race is not 

 found south of the southern limits of the summer range. North to 

 Sinaloa (Mazatlan); Texas (Brownsville, Aransas Bay, and Waller 

 County) ; Florida (Lake lamonia, Gainesville, St. Augustine, and 

 Mosquito Inlet) ; and South Carolina (Capers Island). East to South 

 Carolina (Capers Island); Florida (Mosquito Inlet and Kissimmee) ; 



