l6 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 85 



FLORIDA CAERULEA (Linnaeus) 



Little blue heron 

 Ardca cacruica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 143. 



Thi.s species, common in modern Florida, is represented by the 

 lower end of a right tibio-tarsus and the distal portion of a right femur 

 secured by W. W. Hohnes in the Seminole Field. 



This heron is here first reported certainly in fossil deposits. 



BUTORIDES VIRESCENS (Linnaeus) 



Little green heron 

 Ardca vircscois Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., cd. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 144. 



A right metatarsus and the lower end of a left tibio-tarsus were 

 collected in the Seminole Field deposits by W. W. Holmes. The 

 metatarsus measures 51.7 mm. in length. 



The green heron is here found fossil for the first time. 



NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX (Linnaeus) 



Black-crowned night heron 



Ardca iiycticorax Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. I, 1758, p. 142. 



The lower end of a tibio-tarsus was obtained by J. E. Moore, 

 at Bradenton, and a similar specimen was collected at the Itchtucknee 

 deposit by Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Simpson. This heron, which is com- 

 mon in Florida now, has been found previously in the Pleistocene 

 of Rancho La Brea in California. 



NYCTANASSA VIOLACEA (Linnaeus) 



Yellow-crowned night heron 



Ardca violacca Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 143. 

 Lanis vcro Shufeldt, Journ. Geol., vol. 25, Jan.-Feb. (Jan.), 1917, p. 18; 

 Florida State Geol. Surv., Ninth Ann. Rep., 1917, p. 40, pi. 2, fig. 21. 



The proximal ends of two left coracoids represent this heron in 

 the material obtained by W. W. Holmes in the Seminole Field. 



The ty]x; of Lams vcro Shufeldt, a left metacarpal secured at Vero, 

 Florida (U. S. Nat. Mus. Div. Vert. Pal. No. 8832), on examination 

 proves to be the yellow-crowned night heron. This species has not 

 been recorded before in the Pleistocene. 



