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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Little blue heron. Florida caerulea (Linnaeus). From specimen in ,\merican Museum oi Natural History. 



a nat. size 



at a considerable distance. The inexperienced sometimes mistake the 



Little green heron for this species, but a slight attenticin to the descriptions 



Avill disjiel the errt >r. 



Distribution. This species inhabits tropical and warm temperate 



America irom Guiana and Columbia to Kansas and Virginia, and like other 



southern species sometimes straggles northward as far as Nova Scotia and 



even to Labrador. It was rare on Long Island even in Giraud's day, and 



must be regarded as only an accidental summer visitant. The following 



are the records of specimens taken: 



Great South bay, L. I. Aug. 17, 1847. Butcher, Auk, 10: 271 

 Shelter Island, L. I. Aug. 16, 1881. ( Worthington). Dutcher, Notes 

 Far Rockaway, L. I. Apr. 3, 1885. Lawrence, Auk, 2: 272 



