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Little Blue. It should be remembered that an Egret is about 

 as big as a Great Blue Heron in life, and appears about twice 

 the size of a Little Blue. The Little Blue Heron appears 

 slightly smaller in life than the Night Heron, but almost 

 twice as big as a Green Heron. 



Long Island. Rare summer visitant, July 3 to September 5, 

 1922 Montauk (Griscom and LaDow); very rare in spring; six 

 records, April 3 to May 6. 



OKIENT. Rare summer visitant, July 3, 1920 to August 30, 

 1916. 



MASTIC. Uncommon summer visitant. July 15, 1917 to 

 September; very rare in spring, May 6, 1916 (J. T. Nichols 

 and Griscom). 



LONG BEACH. The coast guard men report having seen 

 "small White Herons" on several occasions (Bicknell). 

 New York State. Very rare or casual summer visitant, only 

 one record, July 19, 1914, Staten Island (H. H. Cleaves). 



New Jersey. Rare or casual summer visitant. Reported at 

 Lake Hopatcong, July 18, 1914 (R.F.Haulenbeck). Three records 

 near Plainfield, the last a flock of 24, August 20, 1922 (Miller). 

 Three birds near Elizabeth, August 29 to September 12, 1920; 

 three more in the same place July 31, 1921; another on the salt 

 marshes of Newark Bay, August 5, 1921 (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. A white Heron with greenish legs, 

 reported to J. T. Nichols at Oradell by Lewis W. Robinson 

 some years ago, is apparently this species. 



GREEN HERON (Butorides virescens) Fig. 9 

 This is our commonest and most widely distributed Heron, 

 breeding contentedly almost anywhere where there is some 

 water, and it is equally partial to salt and fresh. Its harsh 

 call "ke-ow" is more often heard than the bird is seen, but 

 satisfactorily betrays its presence. Especially in August 

 Green Herons are often heard migrating at night in extra- 

 ordinary numbers. A few arrive the latter part of April, 

 but the bulk of the breeding birds do not arrive until the first 

 week in May, and migrants are passing throughout the month. 

 The Green Heron starts moving south early in August, and 

 only stragglers remain after September 15. 



