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he collected specimens some twenty years ago in the Mississippi bottom, a few 

 miles below St. Louis, where it was not uncommon about the large ponds. It 

 may yet be found in suitable localities, and should be carefully looked for in the 

 southern marshes (see Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Jan. 1S80, p. 31). 



Family ARDEID^.— Herons. 



Genus Akdea, Linnteus. 



217. A. occxdentaVis, kvi^. Great White Heron; Wiu-demann's Heron.* 

 A rare summer visitant to the southern part of the state (Mt. Carmel, Septem- 

 ber, 1876). 



*218. -4. Jierodias, Linn. Great Blue Heron. Summer sojourner. A few 

 remain in mild winters. 



Genus Herodias, Boie. 



*219. //. alba egirtta (Gmel.) Ridgw. American Egret. Chiefly a sum- 

 mer visitant, but breeding in the southern counties. Popularly known as the 

 " White Crane." Sometimes abundant late in summer. 



Genus Garzetta, Kaup. 



*220. G. candidlsslma (Gm.) Bp. Snowy Heron. Chiefly a summer vis- 

 itant, but breeding southward. 



Genus Dichromanassa, Ridgway. 



221. D. rufa (Bodd.) Ridgw. Reddish Egret. A summer visitant (pos- 

 sibly breeding) in the extreme southern portion of the state (see Nelson, Bull 

 Essex. Inst.. IX., 1877, p. 60). 



Genus Florida, Baird. 



*222. F. cr/'iv'/cft (Linn.) Baird. Little Blue Heron. Summer sojourner in 

 southern part of the state, where sometimes exceedingly abundant in latter part 

 of summer. 



Genus Butorides, Blyth. 



*22.3. B. vircscens (Linn.) Bp. Green Heron. Summer sojourner. A well- 

 known, widely distributed species, enjoying the inelegant but expressive sobri- 

 quet of '■ Schytepoke,'" in addition to its other names of " Poke," " Fly-up-the- 

 creek," etc. 



Genus Nyctiardea, Swainson. 



*224:. X. f/risea ncevia (Bodd.) Allen. Black-crowned Night Heron. Res- 

 ident southward, at least in mild winters; summer sojourner northward. 

 Familiar names of this species are " Quawk," " Squawk," "Quaw Bird," &c. 



*See Bulletin of the U. S. Geolog-ical and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 

 vol. iv, No. 1, pp. 227-37, for remarks bearing upon the probable identity of Ardea oc- 

 cidciUaUi<, Aud., and A. icunlemanni, Baird. 



