26 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 
26. BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS (Montagu). 
BITTERN. 
“Not common. Spring migrant.” (1890d). 
No. 818. Male. 5 mi. W. of Uniontown. Mar. 28, 1891. W. C. 
Avery. 
27. ARDEA HERODIAS (Linnezus). 
GREAT BLUE HERON. 
“Big Blue Crane.” 
“Common. Resident. Breeds.” (1890d). Under date 
of Sept. 21, 1892, Dr. Avery wrote in his note book: 
“Great blue heron seen frequently on Perdido Bay and 
along the Gulf Coast.” These birds were probably sub- 
species wardi. A specimen taken Nov. 26, 1918, by Pratt 
Thomas on the Black Warrior River, near University, 
Ala., is referable to herodias. 
28. HERODIAS EGRETTA (Gmelin). 
EGRET. 
“White Crane.” 
In 1884 Dr. Avery published the following record of 
this species: ‘There (Cocke’s Pond, five miles west of 
Greensboro) I shot last spring a beautiful specimen of 
the great white egret, Ardea egretta.” (1884). Six 
years later he writes: “Rare. I have a specimen in my col- 
lection which was shot at Cocke’s Mill Pond, five miles 
west of Greensboro; I have seen two others. My speci- 
men is labeled August 14. The other two were seen in 
the spring.” (1890d). 
No. 183. Female. Greensboro. Aug. 14, 1889. W. C. Avery. 
29. EGRETTA CANDIDISSIMA CANDIDISSIMA (Gmelin). 
SNOWY EGRET. 
A specimen of this species was taken in Greene County, 
July 1, 1889, and mounted by Dr. Avery for John Cocke, 
Jxv., of Cockeville. 
30. FLORIDA CASRULEA (Linneus). 
LITTLE BLUE HERON. 
“Common. Summer resident.” (1890d). 
No. 186. Male. Millwood, near Greensboro. Aug. 16, 1889. W. 
C. Avery. 
