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NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



Martinique Green Heron, Butorides virescens maculatus (Bod" 

 daert). Martinique Island, Lesser Antilles. 



St. Lucia Green Heron, Butorides virescens lucianus Oberholser. 

 St. Lucia Island, Lesser Antilles. 



Barbados Green Heron. Butorides virescens barbadensis Ober- 

 holser. Barbados Island, Lesser Antilles. 



Grenada Green Heron, Butorides virescens grenadensis Oberholser. 

 Grenada Island to St. Vincent Island, Lesser Antilles. 



FIG. 19. Green heron (Butorides virescens). Subspecies: 1, virescens; 2, anthonyi; 3, 

 Jrazari; 4, eremonomus; 5, mesatus ; 6, hypernotius; 7, saturatus ; 8, margaritophilus ; 

 9, bahamensis ; 10, cubanus ; 11, curacensis; seven other subspecies are on as many 

 islands of the Lesser Antilles. 



Tobago Green Heron, Butorides virescens tobagensis Oberholser. 

 Tobago Island, Lesser Antilles. 



Curagao Green Heron, Butorides virescens curacensis Oberholser. 

 Curasao Island, off the coast of Venezuela. 



[Lembeye Green Heron. Butorides Irunescens (Lembeye). 

 Resident in Cuba and the Isle of Pines.] 



[Striated Heron. Butorides striata (Linnaeus). 



A resident species occurring commonly in northern South America south to 

 Peru and Argentina. The only record north of South America is that of a speci- 

 men taken May, 1904, on the savanna of Panama (Thayer aiid Bangs).] 



Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Boddaert). 



Range. The black-crowned night heron, including all of its vari- 

 ous forms, is one of the most widely distributed of birds. In the 



