201. Butorides virescens 
GREEN HERON. $17 inches 
Adult. Above, top of head and back dark glossy green, bluish on 
wings, neck reddish. Below, neck and breast reddish brown ; throat 
and line down neck white; bill and legs green- 
ish yellow. Immature. Similar, but breast 
white streaked with reddish brown. Frequents 
edges of rivers, ponds and salt marshes; when 
alarmed it flies off heavily to a tree-top or 
skulks into some shrubbery. 
Note. “A short, abrupt sseow.” 
Nest. Near water, in low trees or bushes. 
Breeds. Throughout. May to October. 
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