46 BirDsS OF MASSACHUSETTS 
Boston, one killed in 1862 ;1 Northampton, one was taken prior to 
1887 by E. O. Damon ;? Wantucket, one taken at Hummock Pond, 
March, 1881,3 by one of the men of the Life Saving Station. 
to7. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.). YELLow-cROWNED 
NiGHT HERON. 
An accidental visitant from the south. There is some evidence 
of its having possibly bred on Cape Cod in 1891, where an old 
and a young bird were taken on July 8 and 18 respectively. The 
records are: Ash/and|[?], one taken in 1857, ¢este A. L. Babcock; 4 
Lynn, one taken in October, 1862 ;° Somerville, a young bird was 
taken July 30, 1878;° Provincetown, an adult male taken on July 
8,’ an adult seen, and a young female taken on July 18, 1891;° 
Malden, one was shot by a Mr. Haley about 1893.° 
108. Nycticorax nycticorax neevius (Bodd.). BLack- 
CROWNED NIGHT HERON. ; 
A common summer resident, wintering locally in small numbers 
near the coast. 
April 1 to November 1; Winter. 
Amherst: Taken near Connecticut River. Berkshire: Summer 
resident, not common. Bristol County: ‘*Common summer resi- 
dentin southern part of County.”’ Brookline: “A permanent resident.” 
Cambridge: A permanent resident; most common in August and 
September. Cohasset : “Abundant in summer.” Dedham: “ Com- 
mon.’ Essex County: “Summer visitant.” Common. Ipswich: 
Springfield : 
‘*Common summer resident.” Wellesley: “Not uncommon summer 
resident.” 
s 
“Abundant summer resident.’ Nantucket: ‘*‘ Common. 
109. Butorides virescens (Linn.). GREEN HERON. 
A common summer resident. 
1Allen; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 1864, pp. 85, 86. 
* Clark ; Birds of Amherst, 1887, p. 46. 
3 Purdie; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, No. 4, Oct., 1882, p. 251. 
* Morse; Birds of Wellesley, 1897, p. 15. 
° Allen ; Amer. Nat., Vol. III, No. 12, Feb., 1870, p. 637, p. 39 of separate. 
§ Brewster; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, No. 2, Apr., 1879, pp. 124, 
1215. 
7Small; O. & O., Vol. XVI, No. 4, Apr., 1891, p. 64. 
°Small; zd7d., No. 9, Sept., 1891, p. 135. 
° Forbush; zz /tteris and Auk, Vol. XI, No. 1, Jan., 1894, p. 55- 
