32 NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



Eggs have been taken at Fort Thompson, Fla., March 25, 1893 

 (specimens in U. S. National Museum) ; Titusville, Fla., April 10, 

 1905 (Worthington) ; St. Johns, Fla., April 18, 1902 (Bent) ; Rod- 

 ney, Miss., May 10, 1887 (Mabbett) ; Ealeigh, N. C., May 23, 1893 

 (young in nest) (Brimley) ; Philadelphia, Pa., May 29, 1907 (Miller) ; 

 Portland, Conn., June 10, 1883 (Neff) ; Oak Forest, Ind., May 21, 



1902 (Honecker) ; Canton, 111., May 28, 1884 (Cobleigh) ; Des Moines, 

 Iowa, May 26, 1885 (Keyes) ; Detroit, Mich., May 26, 1891 (Wood) ; 

 Fort Snelling, Minn., May 28, 1903 (specimens in U. S. National 

 Museum) ; Mud Lake, Minn., June 3, 1887 (Brownell). Eggs have 

 been found in Porto Rico on May 7 (Gundlach) ; in Jamaica from 

 May 29 (Field) to June 25 (Scott) ; in Guatemala June 1 (Gates) ; 

 and at Purissima, Lower California, May 17, 1909 (Thayer). 



Fall migration. The latest fall date of the least bittern at Mon- 

 treal, Canada, was on September 2, 1897 (Wintle) ; Middletown, 

 R. L, September 14, 1901 (King) ; Erie, Pa., September 25, 1902 

 (Todd) ; Washington, D. C., September 19, 1881 (Richmond) ; Wa- 

 terloo, Ind., October 1, 1906 (Link) ; Vicksburg, Mich., October 5, 



1903 (Corwin) ; Oberlin, Ohio, October 17, 1909 (Jones) ; Indianola, 

 Iowa, October 18, 1902 (Jeffrey) ; Toronto, Ontario, November 28, 

 1894 (Fleming) ; Dunlap, CaL, September 24, 1890 (Eaton) ; Sioux 

 Falls, S. Dak., October 8, 1911 (Larson) ; Lincoln, Nebr., September 

 20, 1900 (Wolcott) ; Corpus Christi, Tex., September 29, 1886 (Sen- 

 nett) ; and Bermuda, October 23, 1847 (Hurdis). 



The earliest fall record at Lima, Peru, was on October 10, 1889 

 (Berlepsch and Stolzmann). 



Cory Least Bittern. Ixobrychus neoxenus (Cory). 



The Cory least bittern has a strange distribution, judging from the 

 little as yet learned about the species. It is known to breed at the 

 northern limit of the range in Ontario and also at its southern limit 

 in Florida. It is known as a migrant only in the intervening region 

 and is not known in winter anywhere. 



It has been found nesting near Toronto, Ontario, and near Fort 

 Thompson, Fla. ; at the former place eggs were found June 15, 1898 

 (Fleming), and at the latter, young in the nest, June 8, 1890 (Scott). 

 Near Toronto about 16 specimens have been taken in the summer, 

 the earliest date being May 14, 1897, and the latest September 9, 1899, 

 and young birds have been found from August 3 to 17. One speci- 

 men has been secured at each of the following localities : Watkins Lake, 

 Jackson County, Mich., August 8, 1894 (Watkins) ; St. Clair Flats, 

 Mich., May 14, 1904 (Taverner) ; Toledo, Ohio, May 25, 1907 (Ruth- 

 ven) ; Lake Koshkonong, Wis., May 22, 1893 (Cherrie) ; and Scituate, 



