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lection of the So. Natick Nat. Hist. Soc, but has since 

 been destroyed. Mr. Edwards, in a letter to Mr. Purdie, 

 under date of Feb. 2, 1887. states that it was taken about 

 thirty years previously; i.e., about 1857. This specimen 

 was probably never recorded. Another example was taken 

 on the Neponset R., Dedham, about 1863, — G. E. Browne. 

 BL ii 260. 



200. Little Blue Heron — Ardea cceru/ea Linn. 

 Very rare summer wanderer from South. C. J. Maynard 

 reports chasing one unsuccessfully for half a day in a 

 swamp in Newton. BL ii 263. 



201. Green Heron — Ardea virescens Linn. Com- 

 mon summer resident, May 5-Sept. About woodsy ponds, 

 streams, and swamps. Nest of sticks in bush or low tree. 

 BL ii 264. 



202. Black-crowned Night Heron — Nydkorax 



nycticorax iicEviiis (Bodd.). Not uncommon summer resi- 

 dent. Winters in Cambridge, perhaps in this district also. 

 Nest of sticks on high trees, in dense swampy woods, in 

 colonies. BL ii 265. 



Mr, Babcock reports that a Yellow-crowned Night Heron 

 {20J. Nycticorax violaceiis (Linn.) ), which he thinks was 

 shot in Ashland, was brought to him to be stuffed, about 

 forty years ago. This species occurs rarely in N.E., as an 

 accidental summer visitant from South. BL ii 267. 



208. King Rail — Rallus elegans And. Rare 

 wanderer from South, possibly summer resident. Marshes 

 and weedy edges of ponds and streams. Sudbury 

 Meadows (BL ii 283). Dedham, Aug. 28, 1894, — in col- 

 lection of G. E. Browne. BL ii 282. 



211. Clapper Rail — Rallus crepitans Gmel. Rare 

 or accidental summer visitant from the South, in grassy 

 saltmarshes, casually inland. Dedham, one adult about 

 1863, — Geo. E. Browne. BL ii 279. 



