656 



Eeport of State Geologist. 



Length, about 43.00-50.00; wing, 17.90-19:85; bill, 4.30-6.35; tarsus, 

 6.00-8.00. 



Eanqe. — America, from Colombia Valley and Venezuela north to 

 Hudson Bay and Sitka. Breeds locally throughout its range. Winters 

 from southern Indiana and southern Illinois south. 



Great Blue Heron. 



Ne^t, of sticks, in trees. Eggs, 3-6; greenish-blue; 3.50 by 1.50. 



Common migrant and summei- resident; rare winter resident south- 

 ward. Breeding abundantly in suitable localities in the northern half 

 of the State and in Knox and Gibson counties. (Ridgway, 

 Chansler.) It may breed at other points in the "Wabash Valley. 

 I cannot learn of its breeding along the Whitewater, but it has been re- 



