HERODIONES HERODII AKDEID.E. 



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Fig. 86.— Great Blue Heron. 



190. (161.) Florida coerulea (Linn.) Bd. Little Blue Heron. 



Rare, and only casual toward the end of summer. Specimen obtained. 

 Perhaps some of the small white Herons attributed to the preceding 

 species have been the present one in its white alternative plumage. 



[062] 



191. (164.) Butorides virescens (Linn.) Bp, Small Green Heron; "Fly-up^ 



tiie-creek;" "Schytepoke." 



A summer resident, and the most abundant of its tribe j it may always 

 be found during the summer along Rock Creek and about the marshes 

 and estuaries of the Potomac. It used to nest at times in the "slashes," 

 already often mentioned in this paper as within the city limi ts. It arrives 

 the first of May and remains until the middle of September. [603] 



192. (165.) Nyctiardea grisea naevia (Bodd.) Allen. (X. yardeni of the original 



edition.) Night Heron. 



Rare 5 occasionally seen during the latter part of the summer. [601] 



