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in August, Sejitember and October. It has, however, been reported from Dekalb- 

 County by Mr. H. W. McBride, Feb. 24, 1890, and by Professor Evermann from 

 Carroll County, Feb. 14, 1885 ("The Auk," Oct. 1888, p. 347). 



Subgenus IIerodias Boie. 

 "^64. Ardea egretta {Omel.). American Egrbt. 



Summer visitor throughout the Stale in greater or less numbers; siimmer re.^- 

 ident southward. Mr. Ridgway informs me of its breeding in Knox and Qibfon 

 counties. They occasionally are found farther northward in spring. Prof. Ever- 

 mann reports one at Bloomington Apiil 10, 1887. "White Herons " and " White 

 Cranes "are reported from several northern localities either as summer residents 

 or as "breeding." While I know notl.ing as to the identity of the species rtferred 

 to, it seems probable that some white species— perhaps this one — is intended. Mr. 

 H. W. McBride informs me of having often seen this species, both iilive and drad, 

 in DcKalb and Steuben counties. At a '■ crane-town," Golden Lake, in Steuben 

 County, he says he has often seen a pair of these Egrets in company with a num- 

 ber of Great Blue Herons, and, while he thinks they nested, was unable to posi- 

 tively so determine. A hunter, an acquaintance of Mr. McBride's, described a 

 '• white crane " which he shot from its nest near Wolf Lake, in Noble County, and 

 Mr. McBride thinks, from the description, it was this species. 



Subgdius Garzetta Kaup. 

 ■65. Ardea candidissima (ffj/ui.). Snowv Heron. 



Summer visitor over most of the State in August and September. Breeds iu 

 Gibson and Knox counties (Eidgway). They have been noted from "Lower 

 Wabash Valley" (Stein) ; Lake County (Meyer, Toppan) ; Jtffer-on County (Hub- 

 bard); Allen County (Stockbridge) ; Franklin County (Quick). Some of these 

 notes may refer to the preceding species. These and the la-t mentioned species are 

 striking objects as their snowy plumage appears among the dark-green foliage in 

 the bright sunlight of our August days. 



Subgenus Hydranassa Buird. 

 66. Ardea tricolor ruticollis (ffossc). Louisiana Hkron. 



Rare summer visitor. It was identified by Mr. F. T. Jencks near Hanna, 

 Starke County, .June, 1876. (Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, April, 1877, p. 51.) 



Subgenus Florida Baird. 

 66. Ardea caerulea (Ai/ki ). Little Blue IIerox. 



Summer resident in the southwestern part of the Slate. Dr. Stein identified it 

 in the Lower Wabash Valley, and Mr. Ridgway informs me of its breeding in 

 Knox and Gibson counties, and saya that it occurs abundantly along the Wabash 

 every summer. 



Subgenus Buiorides Blyth. 

 '67. Ardea virescens Z-i/m. Green Heron. 



Summer resident throughout the State. Breeds. This is a well known little 

 species, found everywhere about creeks, rivers, ponds and lakes, in the vicinity of 

 which it breeds. They were formerly noted, in Southeastern Indiana at least, for 

 their preference for orchards as nesting places. Latterly such is not the case. 

 These birds are known to many by the names "Schytepoke," "Poke," and "Fly- 

 upthc-Creek." 



