nERODIAS EdRRTTA-BLTTORinES VIIJESCE^rS. G17 



Lixt of specimens. 



7G3, eggs (4); rvraniitl Lake, Nevada, May 23, 1808. Nest on the " r.vnuiiid," 

 ainoug the rocks, about 150 feet above the surftice of the hike. 



Herodias EGKETTA. 



Oi-cat ^Vlitle Heron. 



Ardea egretta, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1788, G29.— Coues, Key, 1872, 207; Che<',k 



List, 1873, No. 452; Birds N.VV., 1874, 519. 

 Herodias egretta, Gray, Geuera of Buds, III, 1849,— .— Baiud, Birds N. Am., 



1858, CG6; Oat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 48G.— Henshaw, 1875, 405. 

 Herodias egretta viir. californiea, Baied, Birds N.Am., 1858, 007; Cat. N.Am. 



Birds, 1859, No. 480a. 



This liaiidsome Heron we saw at Sacramento in Jnne, and along- the 

 lower Truekee in Maj-, a single individnal only having been oljser\'ed at 

 eaeh })lace. 



Btjtorides VIRESCENS. 



Grocsj Ilca-Oii. 



Ardea virescens, Linn., Syst. Nat., 1, 1700, 238.— Coues, Key, 1872, 2GS; Cheek 



List, 1873, No. 457; Birds N.W., 1874, 522. 

 Butorides virescens, Bonap., Conspeetus Avium, II, 1855, 128.— Baird, Birds N. 



Am., 1858, 070; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 493.— IIenshaw, 1875, 405. 



This common bird was observed only in the vicinity of Sacramento, 

 where it was abundant, as it usually is in all parts of its range. It appeared 

 to be entirely wanting in the Great Basin — at least we coidd never find it, 

 even in localities where other species of the taniily were found in the usual 

 numbers.' 



List of specimens. 



14, ? ad.; Sacramento, California, Juue 10, 1807. Shallow pond along edge of 

 oak-grove. IS.i — 27^ — 7:^ — 0^ — 2Jg — 2 — 3 — 1. Bill, deep black, pale greenish-yellow 

 along gonys; naked loral and orbital space, greenish-yellow; iris, gamboge-yellow; 

 tarsi and toes, dull olivaceous-yellow, olive greenish on scutelhe. 



58, S ad.; Sacramento, June 19, 1807. Willows along slough near river. 18.1 

 — 27i— 8— 03— 2i— 13— 3— 11. Same remarks. 



'A parallel case is apparently afforded in GalUnula galeata, which we found 

 abundant at Sacramento, in company with Fulica americann, but which we did not 

 detect in the Interior, where the latter was everywhere exceedingly numerous, in suita- 

 ble localities. 



