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NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



Sedan, Ind., May 14, 1897 (Mine) ; Philo, 111., May 21, 1905 (Hess) ; 

 Polo, 111., May 25, 1884 (Kline) ; Seneca County, Ohio, May 10, 

 1904 (Henninger) ; Vicksburg, Mich., June 1, 1904 (Rapp) ; Charles- 

 ton Lake, Ontario, June 14, 1899 (Clarke) ; Davenport, Iowa, May 

 7, 1892 (Wilson) ; Brownsville, Tex., May 2, 1877 (specimens in IT. S. 

 National Museum) ; Manhattan, Kans., May 13, 1884 (Lantz) ; Peru, 

 Nebr., June 2 ? 1882 (Taylor and Van Vleet). 



Fall migration. 



Anthony Green Heron. Butoridcs virescens anthonyi (Mearns). 



The breeding range of the Anthony green heron extends north to 

 Uldah, Cal. (McGregor), and to Colusa, Cal. (Hollister). The spe- 

 cies has wandered north to Yreka, Cal., August 20, 1883 (Townsend), 

 and to Fort Klamath, Oreg., May 4, 1887 (Merrill). It breeds south 

 as far as the Coronados Islands, Lower California (Anthony), Yuma, 

 Ariz. (Coues), and Tombstone, Ariz. (Willard), and northeast to 

 Big Sandy, Ariz. (Stephens), and Camp Verde, Ariz. (Mearns). 



It winters in Mexico from Ocotlan, Jalisco (Nelson and Goldman), 

 and the Valley of Mexico (specimen in U. S. National Museum) 

 south to Zamora, Michoacan (Nelson and Goldman), and to Tehuan- 

 tepec, Oaxaca (Lawrence). 



In migration it occurs at San Jose del Cabo, Lower California 

 (Brewster), and Victoria, Tamaulipas (Sennett), A specimen taken 

 November 27, 1896, at San Jose, Costa Rica, is undistinguishable from 

 the Mexican bird. 



