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DISTRIBUTION 



Range.— Soiithoasiern United States, Central America, and the 

 northern half of South America. 



Breeding range. — North to Kansas (formerly Coffee County) ; Illi- 

 nois (formerly the lUinois River and Mount Carmel); Indiana (for- 

 merly Bicknell and Wheatland) ; Alabama (Autaugaville) ; and South 

 Carolina (Washoe Reserve on the wSantee River, and Charleston). 

 East to South Carolina (Washoe Preserve, Charleston, and Frog- 

 more) ; Georgia (Savannah mouth of the Altamaha River and St. 

 Marys) ; Florida (St. John's River, Micanopy, Kissimmee, Bassenger, 

 and the Hillsboro River) ; the Bahama Islands (Little Abaco, Abaco, 

 Eleuthera, Watling, and Great Inagua Islands) ; Porto Rico (Guanica 

 Valley) ; the Lesser Antilles (St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda, St. Croix, St. 

 Bartholomew, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Santa Lucia, St. Vincent, 

 the Grenadines, Grenada, Tobago, and Trinidad Islands) ; British 

 Guiana (Georgetown) ; French Guiana (Cayenne) ; and eastern and 

 southeastern Brazil (Cajutube Island, Bahia, Sapitiba, Cape Frio, 

 Paranagua, and Santa Catarina). South to southeastern Brazil 

 (Paranagua and Santa Catarina) ; and Peru (Santa Lucia) . West to 

 Peru (Santa Lucia and Tumbez) ; Ecuador (Babahoyo) ; the Galapa- 

 gos Islands; Panama (San Miguel Island); Costa Rica (San Jose) ; 

 Nicaragua (San Juan del Sur) ; Mexico, Guerrero (Papayo) ; Tepic 

 (San Bias) ; Sinaloa (Mazatlan) ; Lower California (Magdalena Bay) ; 

 Texas (Lomita, Laredo, Corpus Christi, mouth of the Colorado 

 River, and Gurley) ; Oklahoma (Fort Reno and Copan) ; and Kansas 

 (Coffee County). 



In the United States most of the colonies are now located in the 

 South Atlantic and Gulf coast regions. 



Winter range. — The yellow-crowned night heron appears to be 

 resident throughout its breeding range in the islands of the Carib- 

 bean Sea, and in central and South America, remaining north at this 

 season rarely to Florida (Upper Matecumbe Key, Tampa, and near 

 Fort Myers) : Louisiana (Vermillion Bay) ; Texas (Giddings) ; and 

 Lower California (La Paz). 



Spring migration. — Early dates of arrival are Florida, Polk County, 

 February 14, 1901, and Orange Springs, March 19, 1910; Alabama, 

 Barachias, April 15; Georgia, Darien, Aprils, 1890, and Savannah, 

 March 12, 1905; South Carolina, Mount Pleasant, March 24, 1891; 

 Louisiana, New Orleans, February 19, 1914; Mississippi, Rodney, 

 March 20, 1890; Missom-i, St. Louis, April 10; and Kansas, Wells- 

 ville, March 27, 1920. 



Casual records. — The yellow-crowned night heron occurs with fair 

 regularity both spring and fall in North Carolina and has been taken 

 or noted at other points much farther north. These are: District of 



