K\:\ ■['() ■nil-: \\Ari:u r.iKDs oi-" i i.okida. 



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wliitc: back and iqipLT parts bluish slate or gray. 'I'Ik^' iniiiiaturc birds show a great variety of 

 color in the plumage. 



Length, 4S ; Wing, 20: Tail. 7 : Tarsus. 6.50: I'.ill. 5.50. 



Ardea IierocUas. 



It ranges tliroiio-hout North America from the far North southward to 

 the West Indies and South America. It is supposed to breed on the x\t- 

 lantic coast from Florida northward, aUhough I have never seen this species 

 in Florida in the breeding season. 



The nest, which is built in a tree, is a large affair composed of sticks. 

 The eirus are from three to four in number and pale blue. 



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SUBOEXUS HERODIAS BOIE. 



ARDEA EGRETTA Gme/. 

 American Egret. 



Adult: Entire plumage white, having in the breeding season long graceful plumes on the 

 back, which extend beyond the tail : bill yellow ; legs and feet black ; lores pale orange edged 

 with greenish. 



Length, 38: Wing, 16; Tarsus. 5.. So : IJill. 4.80. 



This species ranges throughout tropical and temperate America, having 

 been taken on the Atlantic coast as far nortli as New Jersey and Nova 



