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Systematic bird banding has thrown considerable light on this sub- 

 ject and given us a number of positive records, some of which Doc- 

 tor Gross (1923) has published. Young birds, banded at Sandy- 

 Neck, have been taken at Goat Island, Maine, 120 miles north, at 

 Seabrook, New Hampshire, 90 miles northwest, at Kenncbunkport,^ 

 Maine, and at Fryeburg, Maine, 200 miles north. Birds banded by 

 Dr. Paul Bartsch, near Washington, D. C, were taken at Abing- 

 ton, Maryland, at Pennsville, New Jersey, and at Leesburg,. 

 Virginia. Herons banded by Dr. John C. Phillips, at Wenham,. 

 Massachusetts, were taken at Masonville Station, Quebec, and at 

 Seabrook, New Hampshire. 



Winter. — A few night herons occasionally spend the winter as far 

 north as New England, but most of the birds which breed in the 

 northern States migrate south in the fall to join the resident heron 

 population of the Southland, where they can lead an indolent life of 

 luxurious ease, grow fat, and prepare for the next breeding season. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — South and Central America, and North America to south- 

 ern Canada. 



Breeding range. — North to Oregon (Willow Junction and Pendle- 

 ton) ; Idaho (Midvale, probably, and Deer Flat Bird Reserve) ; Utah 

 (Bear River Marshes) ; Wyoming (Sheep Mountain) ; Manitoba (Oak 

 Lake and Shoal Lake) ; Wisconsin (Oak Center) ; Michigan (Roches- 

 ter and probably Lake St. Clair) ; Ontario (Toronto and Ottawa) ; 

 Quebec (Montreal and near Quebec) ; Maine (Houlton) ; and New 

 Brunswick (Woodstock). East to Maine (Calais, Bucksport, and 

 Saco) ; Massachusetts (Essex, Barnstable, and Dukes Counties) ; 

 New York (Shelter Island and Gardiner Island) ; New Jersey (Tuck- 

 erton, 7-mile Beach, and Cape May); Virginia (Dismal Swamp); 

 North Carolina (Mattamuskeet Lake and Newborn); South Carolina 

 (Waverly Mills, Santee, Mount Pleasant, and Frogmore); Georgia 

 (Savannah, Darien, Blackboard Island, and St. Marys); Florida (Pa- 

 latka, Titusville, Indian River, Kissimmee, and Passenger); Cuba; 

 Haiti; Porto Rico; Venezuela (Angostura); Brazil (Corumba, Rio 

 de Janeiro, Curytiba, and Taguara); Argentina (Buenos Aires); and 

 the Falkland Islands (Hope Place). South to the Falkland Islands 

 and Chile (Valdivia). West to Chile (Valdivia, Santiago, and Val- 

 paraiso) ; western Argentina (Tucuman and Salta) ; Peru (Tumbez); 

 Ecuador (Quito); Colombia (Medellin); Costa Rica (La Palma 

 and Rio Frio); Honduras (Fonseca Bay) ; Chiapas (Comitan) ; Guer- 

 rero (Acapulco); Sinaloa (Esquinapa and Mazatlan); the Hawaiian 

 Islands; Lower California (mouth of the Colorado River); California 



