46 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 



Boston, one killed in 1862 ; l Northampton, one was taken prior to 

 1887 by E. O. Damon ; 2 Nantucket, one taken at Hummock Pond, 

 March, 1881,3 by one of the men of the Life Saving Station. 



107. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.). YELLOW-CROWNED 

 NIGHT HERON. 



An accidental visitant from the south. There is some evidence 

 of its having possibly bred on Cape Cod in 1891, where an old 

 and a young bird were taken on July 8 and 18 respectively. The 

 records are : Ashland [ ? ], one taken in 1857, teste A. L. Babcock ; 4 

 Lynn, one taken in October, 1862 ; 5 Somerville, a young bird was 

 taken July 30, 1878 ; 6 Provincetown, an adult male taken on July 

 8, 7 an adult seen, and a young female taken on July 18, 1891 ; 8 

 Maiden, one was shot by a Mr. Haley about 



108. Nycticorax nycticorax nsevius (Bodd.). BLACK- 

 CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 



A common summer resident, wintering locally in small numbers 

 near the coast. 



April i to November i ; Winter. 



Amherst : Taken near Connecticut River. Berkshire : Summer 

 resident, not common. Bristol County: "Common summer resi- 

 dent in southern part of County." Brookline : " A permanent resident." 

 Cambridge : A permanent resident ; most common in August and 

 September. Cohasset : " Abundant in summer." Dedham : " Com- 

 mon." Essex County : " Summer visitant." Common. Ipswich : 

 "Abundant summer resident." Nantucket : "Common.'' Springfield: 

 "Common summer resident." Wellesley : "Not uncommon summer 

 resident." 



109. Butorides virescens (Linn.). GREEN HERON. 

 A common summer resident. 



1 Allen; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 1864, pp. 85, 86. 



2 Clark ; Birds of Amherst, 1887, p. 46. 



3 Purdie; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, No. 4, Oct., 1882, p. 251. 



4 Morse; Birds of Wellesley, 1897, p. 15. 



5 Allen ; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. 12, Feb., 1870, p. 637, p. 39 of separate. 

 6 Brewster; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, No. 2, Apr., 1879, PP- I2 4 



125. 



7 Small; O. & O., Vol. XVI, No. 4, Apr., 1891, p. 64. 



8 Small ; ibid., No. 9, Sept., 1891, p. 135. 



9 Forbush; in litteris and Auk, Vol. XI, No. i, Jan., 1894, p. 55. 



