GREAT BLUE HEROtf. 



in iyrut ion ( 'out hilled. 



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In the southern part of the breeding range the time of nesting is 

 variable. Gundlach found eggs in Cuba through all the months 

 from September to January. Eggs were taken on the Galapagos 

 September 2, 1897 (Rothschild and Hartert). The young found 

 February 5, 1910, at Upper Matecumbe Key, Fla. (Brodhead), 

 were hatched from eggs that must have been laid in December, while 

 at Charleston, S. C., Wayne says that the earliest eggs are deposited 

 the middle of March and that eggs are most common in late March. 

 Young were in the nest May 25, 1875, at Cobb Island, Va. (Bailey) ; 

 eggs at Wilmington, Del., April 29, 1906 (Pennock) ; Tully, N. Y., 

 April 29, 1884 (Dakin) ; Penn Yan, N. Y., May 3, 1896 (Burtch) ; 

 Oneida Lake, N. Y., May 1, 1884 (Northup) ; Little Spruce Island, 

 Me., May 16, 1896 (Knight) ; Kentville, N. S., May 10 (Bishop) ; 

 Camden, Ind., May 21, 1883 (Evermann) ; New Bremen, Ohio, 

 April 27, 1908 (Henninger) ; Dorset, Ohio, May 12, 1900 (Keck) ; 

 Sunfield, Mich., May 2, 1891 (White) ; Minneapolis, Minn., May 8, 

 1888 (Morrison) ; San Jose Island, Lower California, February 

 15-18, 1909 (Thayer) ; Refugio County, Tex., late February, 1896 

 (Strecker) ; Beaumont, Tex., March 22, 1887 (Rachford) ; Laramie, 

 Wyo., May 12, 1901 (Gilmore) ; Terry, Mont., April 23, 1905 

 (ferry) ; San Diego, Cal., April 24, 1861 (Cooper) ; Napa, Cal., 

 April 4, 1901 (Hottel) ; Malheur Lake, Oreg., April 16, 1875 (Bend- 

 ire) ; and Sumner, Wash., April 20, 1905 (Bowles). Young were 

 noted at Isabella Island, Mexico, April 10, 1905 (Bailey) ; fledged 

 young at Redwood City, Cal., April 14, 1907 (Carriger and Pember- 

 ton) ; and young three weeks old near Salt Lake City, Utah, April 

 9, 1907 (Treganza). 



