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tree-tops. They were of three species, the Great Blue Heron (Ardea hero- 
dias), the Black Crowned Night Heron (Nycticoraxr nycticorar nevius), 
comprising the majority, but the beautiful white plumage of the American 
Egret (Ardea egretta) was conspicuous through the feathered cloud, and 
these birds were quite numerous. Nearly all the trees throughout the belt 
were loaded with nests, those of the first two species named being found 
upon the same tree, but the latter birds appeared to build in little groups 
by themselves. We did not climb to examine the nests, but most of them 
appeared to contain young birds. Many of the trees were dead, apparently 
from the effects of the birds building and roosting upon them.” 
: It is probable that some of these heronries along the Kankakee are 
referred to twice in the references I have made. At present I am unable 
to decide this matter. It is likewise very probable that there exists heron- 
ries on the Kankakee within our limits of which we know nothing. In 
this paper I have desired to bring to your attention, so far as I know it, 
the location of the former or existing heronries in Indiana in the hope 
that we may be able to locate all such sites as exist or have existed within 
the State. 
This little article has served to acquaint you with the extension of the 
known breeding range of the American Egret northward for a distance 
equal to the whole length of the State of Indiana, and we find at the 
northern part of this breeding range that they have been found nesting 
in considerable numbers. Since this fact has been ascertained and we 
have been able to note the arrival of these birds at their breeding ground 
in the spring, we found their absence during the period of the spring mi- 
grations was only apparent, and that evidently their vernal pilgrimages 
are made at night, and consequently, although they may be found in num- 
bers at their nesting sites, it is very rarely, indeed, that they are to be 
seen at this season of the year en route to their summer homes. 
THE RECENT OCCURRENCE OF THE RAVEN IN INDIANA. By A. W. BurLer. 
Of recent years the Raven has been supposed to be extinct in this 
State. The last Ravens of which I can learn in Franklin county were 
noted in 1868, and I know of none later than that from any point in south- 
eastern Indiana. 
