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banded in the vicinity of Washington. The dates of banding are 

 not given, but were during the breeding season. In 1902 one 

 "return" resulted, the specimen being shot September 24, 1902, at 

 Abingdon, Md., about fifty-five miles northeast of Washington. 



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Fig. 1. Dispersal of young Black-crowned Night Herons from colony at 

 Barnstable, Mass 



In 1903 seventy-eight young were banded. There were five re- 

 turns from these: one was captured July 19, in a street in Leesburg, 

 Va. ; the second was caught July 20 in a fish trap on the Potomac 



