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near Trenton (McCadden), Holmesburg June, Phila. (Fowler), and 

 doubtless many other localities. Dr. Detwiler has found it breeding 

 near Bethlehem, Pa. 



86* Ardea herodias Linn. Great Blue Heron. 



Breeding Range — Hudson Bay to northern S. A. 

 Winter Distribution — Mostly south of the Middle States. 



Common summer resident, arrives April 1 and remains till No- 

 vember 15, occasional also in winter. Seen mainly along the large 

 streams and on the coast, where it is most plentiful during the latter 

 part of September. No doubt there are several heronries of this 

 species in secluded localities in eastern Pennsylvania and in the 

 swamps of southern New Jersey. Mr. Harry G. Parker visited one 

 on Seven-mile Beach in 1886 {0. ^ 0., 1886, p. 138), and Mr. 

 Laurent states that a few breed at Anglesea, N. J. ( 0. ^ 0., 1879.) 



87, Ardea egretta Gmel. White Egret. 



Breeding Range — Warmer parts of N. A., northward to New Jersey. 

 Winter Distribution — Florida, southward. 



Rather rare, seen mostly during August and September, when 

 they seem to straggle northward from their breeding grounds. They 

 are most frequently seen at this time along the coast (as far north as 

 Pt. Pleasant — Stone), but some are secured nearly every year on the 

 larger streams inland. Up to 1877 they bred near Townsend's Inlet, 

 N. J. {Scott — B. N. 0. C, 1879), and a few may still breed in the 

 state. 



88. Ardea candidisshna Gmel. Snowy Heron. 



Breeding Range — Tropical and warmer temperate America, north- 

 ward, formerly to New Jersey. 

 Winter Distribution — Florida, southward. 



Straggler from the soutli, api)arently rarer than the preceding, 

 though it occurs about the same time. Formerly reported to have 

 bred in southern New Jersey,* a heronry having been visited by 

 Mr. H. G. Parker as late as 1886 on Seven-mile Beach. {0. Sf 0., 

 1886, p. 138). 



* There seems to be some confusion between these two "White Herons" and 

 the young of the Little Blue Heron, which is also white, so that it is not al- 

 ways clear to which of the three some of the published records refer. 



