40 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Subgenus Florida Baird. 



83. (200). Ardea caerulea Linn. Little Blue Heron. 



An accidental visitor from the south, of which only one speci- 

 men is recorded. This was taken at Scarborough, Cumberland 

 County, September, 1881, and is recorded by Brown in the Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 123. 



Subgenus BUTORIDES Blyth. 



84. (201). Ardea virescens Linn. Green Heron. 



A rare summer resident in the southwestern part of the state, 

 and of accidental occurrence in the eastern part. 



County Records. Androscoggin. "fairly common migrant" (Johnson) ; 

 Cumberland, "uncommon summer resident near Portland" (Brown's Cat. 

 Birds of Portland, p. 24) ; Franklin, "rare" (Richards) ; Kennebec, "very 

 rare" (Robbins) ; Knox, "summer" (Racklift) ; Oxford, "very rare" 

 (Nash) ; Penobscot, "have seen one taken here" (Hardy) ; Sagadahoe, 

 "common summer resident, breeds" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "quite com- 

 mon, apparently only migrant" (Morrell) ; Washington, "rare" (Board- 

 man). 



Genus NYCTICORAX Stephens. 

 Subgenus NYCTICORAX. 



85. (202). Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.). Black- 

 crowned Night Heron. 



A common summer resident along the coast, where it breeds in 

 colonies on some of the wooded islands. Not so common in the 

 interior about the ponds and lakes where it probably aJso nests. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "fairly common summer resident" 

 (Johnson) ; Aroostook, "not common at Houlton" (Batchelder, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 151) ; Cumberland, "common" (Brock) ; 

 Franklin, "accidental" (Swain) ; Hancock, "know of two fairly large 

 colonies nesting on islands in Penobscot Bay" (Knight) ; Kennebec 

 (given in Hamlin's List of the Birds of Waterville, Rep. Sec'y Me. 

 Bd. Agr., 1865, p. 172) ; Knox, "summer" (Rackliff) ; Lincoln, "1895, 

 one" (Norton) ; Oxford, "rare visitant" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "plenty" 

 (Hardy) ; Piscataquis, "not an uncommon visitor" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, 

 "summer resident" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "accidental, two specimens 

 on Aug. 9th, 1896" (Morrell) ; Waldo, (Knight) ; Washington, "rare" 

 (Boardman). 



