56 BIRDS OF OHIO. 
Hamilton (Dury and C. C. Smith), Morgan (Morris and 
Arrick), where it was found breeding, Ashtabula (Sim), 
Perry (DeLong), Pike (Henninger). Reports from Colum- 
biana and Defiance clearly refer to the Green Heron. The 
movements of this heron are too erratic to make predictions 
of its probable occurrence worth while. 
66. (201.) BurorIpEs virRESCENS (Linn:). 188. 
Green Heron. 
Synonyms: Ardea virescens. 
Fly-up-the-creek, Shytepoke. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165. 
This is the common and well-known heron in Ohio. It is 
common and breeds everywhere in the state where there is 
water enough to furnish food and trees or other cover 
enough to hide the nest and young. In Lorain county it 
frequently nests in orchards bordering swamps, or in the 
thick second growth on a hillside. 
The Green Heron consumes quantities of grasshoppers, 
and probably other large insects, besides its diet of tadpoles 
and water insects, and small batrachians. It is too useful 
to be persecuted for its ungainly carriage. 
The first reach the state during the last week in April, 
usually, and the most have gone south by the first of Octo- 
ber, but individuals may tarry even after the middle of 
November where the fishing is good. 
67. (202.) NycTricoRAX NYCTICORAX NZ#vIUS. (Bodd.). 
189. 
Black-crowned Night Heron. 
Synonyms: Nyctiardea grisea var. nevia, Ardea disecors, Nycti- 
ardea gardneri, Ardea neevia. F 
Night Heron, Quawk, Squawk, Qua-bird, American Night 
Heron, Night Raven. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Sury., 1838, 165, 184. 
This heron is locally common in the state, but seems to 
be absent from many regions. It is a summer resident 
wherever it is found. Its semi-nocturnal habits probably 
