492 Gunthorp, Heronry on Lake Cormorant, Minn. [oct. 



leaves. It measures 2| inches in height by 2 inches in depth and 

 is constructed of strips of bark externally, over which is Spanish 

 moss and hypnum moss held together by a large quantity of 

 caterpillar silk. The interior of the nest is lavishly lined with the 

 beautiful ochraceous buff substance from the young fern leaves, 

 as in the first nest. 



The eggs are of a white or whitish color speckled and spotted 

 in the form of a wreath around the larger end with brownish red 

 and lilac, and measure .60 X .50, .60 X .50, .60 X .50, .60 X .49 

 inch. I have known this bird ever since May 4, 1885, when I 

 took a male at Caw Caw Swamp, Colleton County, S. C, while 

 on a collecting trip with my friend the late William Brewster. 

 I gave the bird to him in the flesh, and in his collection it still 

 remains, but the nest and eggs have remained unknown until 

 brought to light by this season's research. 



My thanks are extended to Misses Ford and Pellew, who rendered 

 me such valuable assistance on this memorable occasion. 



A HERONRY ON LAKE CORMORANT, MINNESOTA. 



BY HORACE GUNTHORP. 



Lake Cormorant is located in the southwest corner of Becker 

 County, Minnesota, and really consists of a chain of four or five 

 small lakes extending in a general east and west direction with 

 the exception of the last one in the series, which is situated north 

 of the most western one. In a dry season, like the past summer, 

 these lakes are almost, if not entirely, separated from each other 

 by mud flats covered with a rank growth of rushes. In a wet 

 year a rowboat can be polled through these shallow connecting 

 straits with comparative ease. The shores of the lakes are in 

 some places rocky, being composed of piles of glacial boulders, 

 while in others they are shallow, with a muddy bottom in which 

 rushes and submerged water plants grow abundantly, while here 



