EAION BIRDS OF VV'ESTERN XEV\ YORK. 25 



194. Ardea herodias Linn. Great blue heron. 



Transient visitant ; fairly common. March 30 — April 25; Aug. i 

 — Nov. 10. Locally a summer resident. The most noted breeding 

 colonies are at Oneida Lake, Potter Swamp, Seneca River, Tonawan- 

 da Swamp, Lime Lake and Conewango Swamp. 



196. Ardea egretta Gmel. American egret. 



Summer visitant; uncommon. Usually taken late in summer. 

 The following records are of interest; Penn Yan in the spring — Aub. 

 p. 34. Medina — Short, p. 8. Springville, Aug. 10, 1881, young bird, 

 two others seen. Kent, Orleans Co. , July 27, 1883 — Auk, 16, 193, 

 three specimens; cf. Forest and Stream 24, 204. Herkimer in the 

 spring of 1882, one taken and six seen; also at Deerfield and Marcy, 

 1889 — Egbert Bagg. Olcott, Aug. 18, 1886 — Auk 4, 159. Baldwins- 

 ville, Sept. 1S95; also Skaneateles, Sept. 1895, adult — A. W. Perrior. 

 Newark \'alley, June i, 1896 — G. B. Sutton. 



197. Ardea candissima. Gmel. Snowy heron. 

 Buttalo, "accidental — Otto Besser"' — Berg. p. 6. 



201. Ardea virescens Linn. Green heron. 



Summer resident; fairly common. May 3 — Sept. 28. Found 

 along streams and the borders of ponds. Nest in a low tree. May 15 

 — June 20; eggs 3-5. 



202. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.) Black-crowned 

 night heron. 



Transient visitant; rather uncommon, but of regular occurrence in 

 the fall. Last records : Canandaigua, Sept. 30, 1899. Rochester, 

 Sept. 1900. Ithaca, "regular spring and fall visitant" — L. A. 

 Fuertes. 



203. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.) Yellow-crowned night heron. 

 Accidental visitant. Buffalo, — Berg. p. 7. 



Order PALUDICOLAE. Cranes, rails, etc. 



Family GRUIDAE. Cranes. 



204. Grus americana (Linn.) Whooping crane. 



Formerly transient visitant. Several years ago a specimen was 

 killed on Cayuga Lake — Frank A. Ward. 



206. Grus mexicana (Mull.) Sandhill Crane. 



Formerly transient visitant. Buffalo, — Berg. p. 7. 



