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GREEN HERON. 



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RANGE. 



Entire North America from southern Canada, southwards. Migrates to 

 South America and the West hidies in winter. 



DESCRIPTION 



Length, i8 in,; extent, 25 in.; tail, 3 in. Eye, yellow. Bill, greenish 

 black. Legs, greenish yellow. 



Adult. — Top of head, crest, and hack, glossy green. Sides of the head, 

 neck, and lengthened feathers in front, chestnut. Chin, white, and line 

 down the middle of the neck is variegated with white and dusky. The 

 wmg coverts are edged with yellowish white. Plumes on the back are 

 grayish white. Under parts mostly dark grayish. 



Young. — Head less crested, and the back plain greenish without the 

 grayish plumes. Below mottled with white, brown and gray. 



NEST AND EGGS. 



The Green Heron nests on the branches of trees. Sometimes these are 

 at quite a distance from the water and occasionally in an apple tree in an 

 orchard. In some places they nest in small colonies or in a colony with 

 Night Herons, but most often they will be found to breed in pairs. The 

 nest is a loosely made structure of sticks and twigs. The eggs are pale 

 greenish blue and vary from three to five in number. They lay from the 

 middle of May to first of June. 



