54 NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



the Atlantic coast the bird breeds commonly as far north as Charles- 

 ton, S. C. (Wayne), Orton, Brunswick County, N. C., 1911 (Brimley), 

 and used to be common as a breeder even to Currituck Sound, N. C. 

 (White). In Wilson's time a few nested near Cape May, N. J. This 

 heron penetrated inland to breed to a greater extent than many of 

 the species and has been known to nest near Chester, S. C. (Loomis) ; 

 Greensboro, Ala. (Avery) ; on the Mississippi River as far north as 

 Osceola, Ark. (Richardon) ; and in Texas as far as Texarkana (Ober- 

 holser), and Long Lake (Oberholser). 



The breeding range extends along the eastern coast of Mexico and 

 on the western coast north to San Bias, Tepic (Nelson) ; thence 

 throughout Central America and northern South America south to 

 Santa Elena, Uruguay (Aplin) ; Mercedes, Argentina (Burmeister) ; 

 and Tumbez, Peru (Taczanowski) ; also in the whole of the West 

 Indies and in the northern Bahamas, Andros, and New Providence 

 (Cory). 



The little blue heron is another of the species that has the habit 

 of wandering north in fall far beyond the breeding range. At this 

 season it is tolerably common along the Potomac near Washington, 

 D. C., from July 7, 1894 (Richmond) to September 24, 1911 (Preble), 

 and has occurred north nearly to Baltimore, Md., October 7, 1892 

 (Fisher) ; Maplewood, N. J., July 27, 1897 (Owen) ; Seaford, N. Y., 

 August 13, 1902 (Braislin) ; Old Lyme, Conn., July 21, 1899 (Brock- 

 way) ; Saybrook, Conn., August 12, 1881 (Clark) ; Warwick, R. I., 

 July 13, 1878 (Deane) ; Stoughton, Mass., August 22. 1908 (Mc- 

 Kechnie) ; Amherst N. H., April 28. 1897 (Melzer) ; Vinalhaven, 

 Me., April 1, 1902 (Arey) ; Whitneyville, Me., August 16, 1906 

 (Knight) ; Scarborough, Me., September, 1881 (Brown) ; once in 

 Nova Scotia (Downs) ; L'Anse au Loup, Quebec, May 23, 1900 

 (Bangs) ; near Quebec City, Canada, October, 1881 (Dionne) ; abun- 

 dant in southeastern Missouri July to September (Widmann) ; Sey- 

 mour, Ind., October 8, 1911 (Peter) ; Loramie Reservoir, Ohio, July 

 16, 1909 (Henninger) ; near Oberlin, Ohio, one about 1882 (McCor- 

 mick) ; Aylmer, Ontario, August 15, 1901 (Ames) ; Detroit, Mich., 

 May 2, 1882 (Taverner) ; Racine County, Wis., August 28, 1848 

 (Hoy) ; Cedar Rapids, Iowa, fall 1903 (Berry) ; near Omaha, Nebr., 

 August 15, 1903 (Trostler) ; Neosho Falls, Kans. (Goss) ; Howard 

 Creek, Tex., August, 1902 (Hollister) ; and Montrose, Colo., Septem- 

 ber 14, 1910 (Walker). In Bermuda it has been taken in April. 

 May, September, and October (Hurdis). 



The little blue heron was found building in April on Tobago 

 Island, West Indies ( Jardine) ; eggs have been taken in Porto Rico, 

 May to July (Gundlach) ; Grenada, West Indies, April 14 to June 21 



