132 BIRDS. 



2. HERODIAS, Gray. GREAT WHITE EGRETS. 

 1. H. egretta, (Gm.) Gray. GREAT WHITE EGRET. 

 WHITE HERON. Pure white; head without lengthened 

 feathers; back in breeding season with a long train; L. 

 40; W. 17; B. 5; Ts. 6. U. S., chiefly southerly. 



3. GARZETTA, Bonaparte. LITTLE WHITE EGRETS. 



/. G. candidissima, (Jacq.) Bon. SNOWY EGRET. Pure 

 white ; head and neck with long plumes in breeding 

 season; L. 24; W. 12; B. 3; T. 4. Southern and middle 

 States; abundant. 



4. FLORIDA, Baird. LITTLE BLUE HERONS. 



1. F. ccBru/ea, (L.) Baird. LITTLE BLUE HERON. 

 Slaty blue; young white; head with elongated feathers; 

 no dorsal plumes; L. 24; W. 12; B. 3; Ts. 4. U. S.; 



abundant, southerly. 



5. BUTORIDES, Bonaparte. GREEN HERONS. 



1. B. virescens, (L.) Bon. GREEN HERON. Crown, 

 back and wings lustrous dark green; neck purplish cin- 

 namon; crested; back with lengthened feathers; L. 18; 

 W. 7; B. 2^. U. S., abundant. 



6. NYCTIARDEA, Swainson. NIGHT HERONS. 



1. N. gr/'sea (L.) Steph., var. ncevia, (Bodd.) Allen. 

 QUA BIRD. SQUAWK. NIGHT HERON. Bluish gray, 

 crown and shoulders glossy green; no peculiar feathers 

 save two or three long, white occipital plumes; young 

 speckled, very different; L. 24; W. 14; B. 3; Ts. 3. 

 U. S., frequent. 



7. NYCTHERODIUS, Auctorum. YELLOW - CROWNED 



NIGHT HERONS. 

 1. H. violaceus, (L.) . YELLOW - CROWNED NIGHT 



