CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 133 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN, 
One taken on the Ottawa River. 
197. Snowy Heron. 
Ardea candidissima GMEL. 1788. 
Casual visitor in Nova Scotia ; one specimen shot in a marsh 
near Halifax, another at Musquodoboit. (Dozwzs.) Saw one shot 
at Combermere, Renfrew Co., Ont., in August, 1892. (Rev. C /. 
‘oung.) Accidental in British Columbia. Two specimens taken 
at Burrard Inlet, B.C., May, 1879. (Fannin.) 
200. Little Blue Heron. 
Ardea cerulea LINN. 1758. 
Accidental and very rare in Nova Scotia. (Dowmns.) There 
was brought to me at Quebec a specimen of this bird, killed on 
the St. Lawrence by an amateur in October, 1881. (Dzonne.) 
201. Green Heron. 
Ardea virescens LINN. 1758. 
Occasional in Nova Scotia. (Dowmns.) A summer resident, but 
rare, at St. John, New Brunswick; commoner in the northern 
counties. (Chamberlain.) A scarce summer resident at Montreal. 
May breed, as young birds were seen at Caughnawaga, on Sep- 
tember 1, 1887. (W2zntle.) This handsome little Heron finds its 
northern limit along the southern border of Ontario. According 
to Dr. Macallum, it breeds regularly on the banks of the Grand 
River, near Dunnville, and has also been observed, occasionally, 
near Hamilton and at St. Clair Flats. (MWcllwraith.) Often shot 
in Ashbridge Bay, Toronto. (Razne.) 
The writer, thought he saw a number of specimens of this 
species on the Assiniboine River, near the mouth of Shell River, 
Manitoba, on the 26th September, 1881, but never having seen 
any since believes now they were the next species. Seton- 
Thompson records this species in his Birds of Manitoba, on my 
authority and that of Mr. Hunter, but as neither of us mentions 
the next species, I believe we mistook our bird and the Night 
Heron was the bird we saw. 
