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in August, September and October. It has, however, been reported from Dekalb 

 County by Mr. H. W. McBride, Feb. 24, 1890, and by Professor Evermann from 

 Carroll County, Feb. 14, 1885 ("The Auk," Oct. 1888, p. 347). 



Subgenus HERODIAS Boie. 

 *64. Ardea egretta (Gmel.). AMERICAN EGRBT. 



Summer visitor throughout the Stale in greater or less numbers; summer res- 

 ident southward. Mr. Ridgway informs me of its breeding in Knox and Gibfon 

 counties. They occasionally are found farther northward in spring. Prof. Ever- 

 mann reports one at Bloomington April 10, 1887. "White Herons" and " White 

 Cranes" are reported from several northern localities either as summer residents 

 or as "breeding." While I know nothing as to the identity of the species referred 

 to, it seems probable that some white specie?) perhaps this one is intended. Mr. 

 H. W. McBride informs me of having often seen this species, both alive and dead, 

 in DeKalb and Steuben counties. At a " crane-town," Golden Lake, in Steuben 

 County, he says he has often seen a pair of these Egrets in company with a num- 

 ber of Great Blue Herons, and, while he thinks they nested, was unable to posi- 

 tively so determine. A hunter, an acquaintance of Mr. McBride's, described a 

 <f white crane " which he shot from its nest near Wolf Lake, in Noble County, and 

 Mr. McBride thinks, from the description, it was this specie?. 



Subgenus GARZETTA Kaup. 

 65. Ardea candidissima (Gmel.). SNOWY HERON. 



Summer visitor over most of the State in August and September. Breeds in 

 Gibson and Knox counties (Ridgway). They have been noted from "Lower 

 Wabash Valley" (Stein) ; Lake County (Meyer, Toppan) ; Jefferson County (Hub- 

 bard); Allen County (Stockbridge) ; Franklin County (Quick). Some of these 

 notes may refer to the preceding species. These and the la*t mentioned species are 

 striking objects as their snowy plumage appears among the dark-green foliage in 

 the bright sunlight of our August days. 



Subgenus HYDRANASSA Baird. 

 66. Ardea tricolor ruficollis (Goase). LOUISIANA HERON. 



Rare summer visitor. It was identified by Mr. F. T. Jencks near Hanna, 

 Starke County, June, 1876. (Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, April, 1877, p. 51.) 



Subgenus FLORIDA Baird. 

 " 66. Ardea caerulea (Linn.). LITTLE BLUE HBRON. 



Summer resident in the southwestern part of the State. Dr. Stein identified it 

 in the Lower Wabash Valley, and Mr. Ridgway informs me of its breeding in 

 Knox and Gibson counties, and says that it occurs abundantly along the Wabash 

 every summer. 



Subgenus BUIORIDES Blyth. 



* 67. Ardea virescens Linn. GREEN HERON. 



Summer resident throughout the State. Breeds. This is a well known little 

 species, found everywhere about, creeks, rivers, ponds and lakes, in the vicinity of 

 which it breeds. They were formerly noted, in Southeastern Indiana at least, for 

 their preference for orchards as nesting places. Latterly such is not the case. 

 These birds are known to many by the names " Schy tepoke," "Poke," and " Fly- 

 up- the-Creek." 



