Fig. 121. 



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feet, black, fig. 120. Breeds tliroiigh temperate and tropical 

 America from X. J., Minn., and Oregon south to Patagonia; 

 casually on the Atlantic coast as far north as Nova Scotia. 

 Now not common anywhere in the U. S. 

 c. Eg^rets. Garzetta. 



Size, small ; head, breast, and back plumes well developed 

 with separated and lengthened barbs which are more or less 

 recurved at tips, fig. 121. White in color. Wing-beats, rap- 

 id. Nests, placed in low trees. Gregarious at all times. 



• 1. SNOWY EGRET. G. candidissima. 23.75; bill, 3.70; 

 bill and legs, black; feet, and space at base of bill, orange; 

 iris, yellow, fig. 121. Tem- 

 perate and tropical Amer- 

 ica from N. J. south to the 

 Argentine Republic and 

 Chili ; casually as far north 

 as Nova Scotia. Now riot 

 common anywhere in the 

 U. S. 



d. Dichromic Egrets. | 

 Dicliromanassa. 



Size, medium. Back 

 plumes well developed with 

 separated, lengthened, 

 straight, stiffened, barbs; head and neck without plumes but 

 are provided with lengthened, lanceolate, slightly curled 

 feathers. Color, white, reddish or mixed. Wing-beats, 

 about as in b. Nests, placed in low trees. 



1. REDDISH EGRET. D. rufa. 30.00; bill, 4.00 ; plain 

 slate-gray; head and neck rufous tinged with violet; bill, 

 black with basal half and space in front of eye, bright i)ur- 

 ple : iris, white; feet, blue-black. Young, plain grayish, 

 tinged with light rusty. Resident in southern Fla. main- 

 ly on the extreme southern and western coasts west along 

 the Gulf coast to Texas and both coasts of Mexico and Guat- 

 emala ; Andros, Bahamas ; in summer wandering north to 



