June, 1893.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



83 



conclude it is not common as a summer 

 resident. ) 



L. W. Xichols. No. 10. 



Summer resident. Has seen it at all times 

 of the nesting season but has not as yet found 

 a nest. 



Dr. A. C. MitrcJiisoii. No. 16. 



Sunmier resident. Abundant in suitable 

 localities. Breeds in a large colony in the 

 northern part of the county. Nests in a 

 large swamp, placed upon the tops of the 

 marsh grass, which had been bent down until 

 it laid upon the water, covering nearly ten 

 acres. Variously composed, green rushes, 

 cat tails, and grass in some, others of twigs 

 and sticks brought from a grove nearly two 

 miles away. From 3 to 10 in. high and 12 

 to 18 in. diameter, nearly flat, very carelessly 

 put together. 



Nest about June i. (.About 120 doz. 

 fresh eggs were taken from this place on this 

 date by an egger.) Set 2 to 4 ; 3 average ; 

 not more than 4 were found in any nest. 



Color when fresh is a greenish blue ; some- 

 times quite blue, fading to a lighter shade 

 when exposed to the sun a short time. 



A set of 3 measure 2.23 x 1.41, 2.08 x 

 1.40, 2.36 X 1.43 ; another 2.21 x 1.53, 2.07 

 X 1.47, 2.02 X 1.48 ; a set of 4, 2.05 x 1.47, 

 2.02 X 1.5 I, 1.93 X 1.46, 2.02 X 1.48; a set 

 of 3, 2.25 X 1.49, 2.01 X 1.49, 1.87 X r.40. 

 Average 15 eggs, 2.10 x 1.46 ; largest 2.36 x 

 1.43; smallest 1.87 x 1.40. 



A. Hamfeldt. No. iS. 



Has not met it. Is sure it does not breed 

 in a radius of 20 miles of Ottawa. 



R. M. Barnes. No. 25. 



Has never met it. Thinks it may be found. 



Virginius Chase. No. 25. 



Has not found, except as a migrant. (Has 

 been taken in the county on " Spoon River " 

 and " Indian Creek " frequently, but does 

 not breed. — A.C.M.) 



W. S. Strode, M.D. No. 2,7,- 



Has not met it. 



W. S. Cobleigh. No. :2.,t,. 



Summer resident. Arrives about the first 



week of May ; found in small numbers. Not 

 found breeding in 33. 



Is found along the Illinois river and 

 marshes. 



Sets 3 to 4 ; eggs measure 2.15 x 1.45. 

 Elliptical, pale bluish-green. 

 W. E. Loucks. No. 34. 



Migrant. Not common ; has only found 

 it in the spring. Does not think it breeds. 



D. S. Meixsell. No. 36. 



Has not met it. 



G. C. Pearson. No. 40. 



Seen occasionally ; was formerly plentiful. 

 Charles Wells. No. 45. 



Has not met it. 

 W. L. Jones. No. 75. 



Summer resident, from .April 20 to Sept. 

 10. Common in the bottom lands and 

 swamps. Nests, but no notes taken. 



C. B. ]'andercock. No. 77. 



Has not found it. 



y. C. Elliot. No. 88. 



Has not met it. 



G. W. Rearden. No. 92. 



Not known. 



O. Widmann. Old Orchard, ]\Io. 



Migrant. Near St. Louis from .April 16 

 to 29. None later than May 5. 



Philo Smith, Jr. St. Louis. 



Has no experience with it. 



C. r. Foir. A\'ayland, Mo. 



Has never met it. 



Bitrtis Wilson. Davenport, Iowa. 



Summer resident ; common along streams, 

 and ponds sheltered by woods. 



Arrives last of April, leaves first of Sep- 

 tember. Probably breeds. No good breed- 

 ing place in vicinity. 



"a d- O." July and August, 1S84. 



" List of Birds collected near St. Louis, 

 Mo.," Julius Hurter. 



"Black-Crowned Night Heron, summer 

 sojourner." 



Ridgivay. " Birds ascertained to breed 

 at Mt. Carmel." Given by E. W. Nelson, 

 in 1875, Bulletin of the Essex Institute. 



Black-Crowned Night Heron : Rare. 



