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NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



Spring migration. A slight northward migration occurs in spring, 

 bringing the birds to Whitfield, Fla., March 17, 1903 ( Worthington) ; 

 Pensacola, Fla., March 19, 1886 (Evermann) ; St. Marys, Ga,, March 

 17, 1904 (Arnow). Beyond this they have been taken as wanderers 

 at Beaufort, N. C., July 26, 1908 (Pearson) ; Philadelphia, Pa. 

 (Warren) ; Great Egg Harbor, N. J., 1858 (Turnbull) ; Moriches 

 and Eaynor South, N. Y. (Giraud) ; Milford, Conn., May 23, 1875 

 (Men-lam) ; South Woodstock, Vt., summer of 1878 (Tracy) ; 



FIG. 4. Scarlet ibis (Guard rubra). 



Memphis, Tenn. (Audubon) ; Quincy, 111. (Widmann) ; Mt. Carmel, 

 111., May 8, 1878 (Ridgway) ; Vermilion, S. Dak., May, 1879 (Agers- 

 borg) ; Barr Lake, Colo., 1890 (Smith) ; Ogden, Utah, September, 

 1871 (Allen). 



Scarlet Ibis, (iuara rubra (. Linnaeus). 



The range of the scarlet ibis is northern South America from 

 eastern Colombia to the mouth of the Amazon ; north casually to the 

 United States. 



