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Moorestown, N. J., Haines' Pond. On 8th mo., 29th, six 

 seen, one in adult plumage. On 8th mo., 30th, one (white) 

 seen. Also found body of one (white), shot about 8th mo., 

 16th, by boys. On 9th mo., 3d, one (white) seen. — Wm. B. 

 Evans. 



Sharon Hill, Pa. For week, 8th mo., 30th, to 9th mo., 6th, 

 a flock of twenty-five to thirty white herons, one dark blue, 

 seen near mouth of Darby Creek. — J. H. Lincoln. 



Townsend, Del. Large number seen on last day of 8th mo. 

 — H. W. Wenzel. 



Tinicum and Mond's Islands, in Delaware below Phila. For 

 two weeks from 9th mo., 1st, small white herons and one small 

 blue seen. Fourteen in one flock. — Edward Singleton. 



New Jersey shore, opposite Chester, Pa. On 9th mo., 5th, 

 six (white) seen in shallow water. Seen from a passing boat. 

 — F. N. Owen. 



New Egypt, N. J. During first two weeks of 9th mo., one 

 adult shot by J. R. Beath, Jr., and forwarded to Phila. by 

 Adams Express. Never arrived. — J. R. Beath. 



Mouth of Cohansey Creek, N. J. On 9th mo., 10th and 11th, 

 seventy-five (white) seen from boat. — James Roney. 



Small White Herons were also seen in the following localities 

 but the exact dates were not preserved: 



West Grove, Pa. Along White Clay Creek. — Wm. B. Harvey. 



Moylan, Pa., along Ridley Creek. — Nathan Kite. 



Atlantic Citj-, N. J. (2 specimens to be mounted).- — W. H. 

 Werner. 



Bristol, Pa. (flock of 25-30), during 8th mo.— G. F. Brown. 



Cape May, N. J. 1 specimen mounted at Kriders. — Vanne- 

 man. 



To the above may be added the notes contained in two letters, 

 received in answer to requests for information. 



* * * " The White Herons were first seen about Billingsport 

 (N. J.) about July 20th, but only in small numbers; but about 

 the 12th of August a large flight came on, and these birds were 

 here in large flocks until about September 1st. 



* * * " From my own observations and from those of friends, 

 I estimate that on the ' Bar ' at low water, fully four hundred 



