664 Report of State Geologist. 



Length, 20.00-29.50; wing, 9.00-10.60; bill, 2.70-3.30; tarsus, 3.15- 

 4.00. 



Range. — America, from Colombia and Guiana north to New Jersey, 

 Indiana and Kansas; casually on Atlantic Coast to Maine. Breeds 

 north to southern Indiana. 



Nest, in trees or bushes. JSggs, 2-4; bluish-green; 1.60-1.82 by 1.25- 

 1.35. 



Summer resident in the lower Wabash Valley. There it was first 

 noted by Dr. F. Stein, perhaps in 1874. Mr. Robert Ridgway then 

 noted it in Knox and Gibson counties, where it breeds. He informed 

 me about eight years ago it was found abundantly along that part of 

 the Wabash River every summer. Mr. E. J. Chansler has more re- 

 cently informed me of its breeding. In 1896 he noted it as early as 

 April 18, and the latest fall record I have is September 24, 1895. 



Suii«KNUs BUTORIDES Blyth. 



*71. (201). "jllrdea virescens Linn. 



Green Heron. 



Adult. — In breeding season, with the crown, long, soft occipital 

 crest and lengthened narrow feathers of the back, lustrous dark green, 

 sometimes with a bronzy iridescence, and on the back often with a 

 glaucous cast; wing coverts, green, with conspicuous tawny edgings; 

 neck, purplish-chestnut, the throat line variegated with dusky or 

 whitish; under parts, mostly dark brownish-ash; belly, variegated with 

 white; quills and tail, gTeenish-dusky, with a glaucous shade; edge of 

 the wing, white, some of the quills usually white tipped; bill, greenish- 

 black, much of the under maiuli])le j^ellow, lOres and iris, yellow; legs, 

 greenish-yellow; lower neck, with lengthened feathers in front, a bare 

 space behind. Young. — With the head less crested, the back without 

 long plumes, but glossy-greenish; neck, merely reddish-brown and 

 whole under parts white, variegated with tawny and dark brown. 



Length, 16.50-22.50; wing, 6.30-8.00; bill, 2.00-2.55; tarsus, 1.75- 

 2.15. 



Range. — America, from Colombia, Venezuela and West Indies 

 north to Ontario, Manitoba and Oregon. Breeds north to limit of its 

 range. Winters from Florida southward. 



Nest, of sticks, in small tree or bush, sometimes in orchard. Eggs, 

 3-6; pale greenish-blue; 1.50 by 1.14. 



Summer resident throughout the State. This small heron is found 

 wherever there is water, about streams, ponds and lalves. It usually 



