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  the 
  Sacramento 
  Valley 
  of 
  California. 
  The 
  data 
  indicate 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  circumscribed 
  range 
  during 
  winter, 
  a 
  fact 
  that 
  should 
  be 
  

   of 
  much 
  concern 
  to 
  naturalists 
  and 
  sportsmen 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  

   perpetuation 
  of 
  this 
  goose 
  as 
  a 
  game 
  bird. 
  (Cf. 
  Lincoln, 
  1926.) 
  

  

  Herons. 
  — 
  Among 
  the 
  herons, 
  returns 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  several 
  

   species, 
  but 
  (excepting 
  the 
  black-crowned 
  night 
  heron) 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  

   sufficient 
  accumulation 
  to 
  warrant 
  any 
  statements 
  concerning 
  their 
  

   migration. 
  Great 
  blue 
  herons 
  {Ardea 
  herodias) 
  banded 
  in 
  Minne- 
  

   sota 
  have 
  been 
  recovered 
  south 
  in 
  Iowa, 
  Missouri, 
  and 
  Texas, 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  Oaxaca, 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  at 
  Gatun 
  Lake, 
  Panama. 
  

  

  Snowy 
  egrets 
  {Egretta 
  candidissima) 
  banded 
  at 
  Great 
  Salt 
  Lake, 
  

   Utah, 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  in 
  Texas 
  and 
  south 
  to 
  

   Sinaloa, 
  in 
  western 
  Mexico, 
  while 
  two 
  reddish 
  egrets 
  {Dichromdnassa 
  

   rufescens), 
  banded 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Texas, 
  were 
  recovered 
  in 
  the 
  

   Mexican 
  States 
  of 
  Campeche 
  and 
  Oaxaca. 
  

  

  The 
  black-crowned 
  night 
  heron 
  {Nycticorax 
  uyctlcorax) 
  has 
  been 
  

   banded 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  particularly 
  at 
  a 
  colonj'^ 
  on 
  Cape 
  Cod, 
  Mass. 
  

   In 
  common 
  with 
  some 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  family, 
  these 
  birds 
  

   have 
  the 
  curious 
  habit 
  of 
  a 
  northward 
  migration 
  after 
  the 
  breeding 
  

   season, 
  which 
  is 
  well 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  returns 
  received. 
  (PL 
  6, 
  fig. 
  1.) 
  

   Records 
  are 
  numerous 
  tlirough 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  States 
  and 
  in 
  south- 
  

   eastern 
  Canada, 
  the 
  most 
  northerly 
  being 
  one 
  taken 
  at 
  Lake 
  St. 
  John, 
  

   Quebec, 
  while 
  they 
  also 
  extend 
  westward 
  to 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  

   Michigan. 
  With 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  winter 
  the 
  birds 
  are 
  driven 
  south 
  

   and 
  the 
  returns 
  show 
  the 
  route 
  through 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Virginia, 
  

   North 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  Georgia 
  to 
  Florida, 
  Louisiana, 
  Cuba, 
  Haiti, 
  

   and 
  Jamaica. 
  (Cf. 
  May, 
  1926.) 
  Night 
  herons 
  banded 
  in 
  central 
  

   Canada 
  have 
  been 
  retaken 
  south 
  through 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  to 
  

   Texas, 
  Florida, 
  and 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  Mourning 
  dove. 
  — 
  The 
  status 
  of 
  the 
  mourning 
  dove 
  {Zena'idura 
  

   vulcroura) 
  as 
  a 
  migratory 
  bird 
  has 
  been 
  challenged, 
  so 
  that 
  unusual 
  

   interest 
  attaches 
  to 
  the 
  records 
  from 
  banded 
  birds. 
  These 
  data 
  in- 
  

   clude 
  cases 
  of 
  birds 
  retaken 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  banding 
  on 
  both 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  and 
  winter 
  ranges 
  and 
  also 
  those 
  banded 
  as 
  breeding 
  birds 
  and 
  

   retaken 
  on 
  migration 
  or 
  after 
  arrival 
  in 
  their 
  winter 
  habitat. 
  Doves 
  

   banded 
  in 
  Illinois 
  have 
  been 
  captured 
  chiefly 
  in 
  Louisiana, 
  Florida, 
  

   and 
  Georgia, 
  although 
  one 
  wandered 
  west 
  to 
  east-central 
  Texas. 
  

   There 
  also 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  records 
  of 
  recoveries 
  in 
  Texas 
  from 
  birds 
  

   banded 
  in 
  Indiana, 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  Missouri, 
  but, 
  to 
  judge 
  from 
  the 
  bulk 
  

   of 
  the 
  returns 
  reported 
  for 
  these 
  birds, 
  the 
  principal 
  wintering 
  

   grounds 
  are 
  in 
  Georgia. 
  

  

  Birds 
  of 
  prey. 
  — 
  The 
  migration 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  prey 
  (pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  2) 
  

   have 
  long 
  excited 
  much 
  interest 
  and 
  while 
  these 
  birds 
  are 
  not 
  easily 
  

   obtained 
  for 
  banding 
  and 
  records 
  will 
  accumulate 
  slowly, 
  neverthe- 
  

   less 
  important 
  results 
  may 
  be 
  confidently 
  expected. 
  

  

  