66 NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



Tex. (Smith). It winters, however, in Cuba (Gundlach) ; Andros 

 Island, Bahamas (Bonhote) ; Santa Ana, Vera Cruz (Ferrari-Perez) ; 

 Mazatlan, Sinalpa (Lawrence) ; and La Paz, Lower California 

 (Brewster) . 



Spring migration. The earliest migrants reached Catfish Creek, 

 Polk County^ Fla., February 14, 1901 (specimen in U. S. National Mu- 

 seum,) ; Savannah, Ga., March 28, 1909 (Perry) ; Charleston, S. C., 

 average March 25, earliest March 23, 1907 (Wayne) ; New Orleans, 

 La., average March 19, earliest March 9, 1895 (Allison) ; Rodney, 

 Miss., average March 25, earliest March 20, 1890 (Mabbett) ; St. 

 Louis, Mo., April 10 (Hurter) ; Bicknell, Ind., April 13, 1908 (Chans- 

 ler) ; Corpus Christi, Tex., March 8, 1877 (Sennett) ; Galveston, 

 Tex., March 20, 1892 (Lloyd) ; Dallas, Tex., March 28, 1898 (Mayer) ; 

 Crooked Creek, Kans., April 17, 1878 (Goss). 



The yellow-crowned night heron is apt to appear in districts 

 north of the breeding range, as shown by the following records: 

 Bermuda, April, 1848, September, 1849 (Hurdis) ; Raleigh, N. C., 

 June 25, 1894 (Brimley) ; Cobb Island, Va. (Rives) ; Washington, 

 D. C., August, 1901 (Palmer) ; Woodbine. N. J., May 23, 1892 

 (Stone) ; Freeport, N. Y., April, 1893 (Butcher) ; Bellport, N. Y., 

 1897 (Babson) ; Wading River, N. Y., April, 1901 (Hoffman) ; 

 Orient, N. Y., May 4, 1905 (Braislin) ; Newport, R. I., June 15, 1778 

 (Howe) ; Tiverton, R. I., April 23, 1886 (Howe and Sturtevant) ; 

 Lynn, Mass., October, 1862 (Allen) ; Provincetow r n, Mass., March 8, 

 1891 (Small) ; Deering, Me.. April 13, 1901 (Brock) ; Portland, Me. r 

 April 11, 1906 (Norton) ; Hawk Point, N. S., late March, 1902 (Ken- 

 nard) ; Sable Island, N. S., April 13, 1904 (Bontelier) ; Toronto, 

 Ontario, August 15, 1898 (Williams) ; near Council Bluffs, Iowa, 

 May 10, 1843 (Audubon), and May 1, 1892 (Trostler) ; Sabula, Iowa. 

 September 15, 1892 (Gidd'ings) ; Beatrice, Nebr., July 19, 1901 

 (Swenk) ; Florence Lake, Nebr., August 23, 1903 (Trostler) ; Salida, 

 Colo., May 1, 1908 (Warren). 



The above dates indicate that at the time of the spring migration 

 it is no rare thing for individuals of this species to journey farther 

 north than they usually breed. These birds probably return in a few 

 days to the normal breeding range ? and then in July and August a 

 second northward migration of a smaller number of individuals 

 occurs after the breeding season. 



Eggs are deposited in December in Brazil (Euler) ; San Miguel 

 Island, Panama, March 14, 1904 (Thayer) ; Grenada, W. I., April 

 and May (Wells) ; Cuba, April and May (Gundlach) ; Port Hen- 

 derson, Jamaica, June 12, 1890 (Field) ; near Passage Key, Fla., 

 April 18, 1906 (Pearson) ; Alachua County, Fla., April 25, 1888 

 (Pearson) ; Charleston, S. C., April 20, 1896 (Wayne) ; Wheatland, 

 Ind., April 27, 1881 (Ridgway) ; Mount Carmel/IlL, May 6, 1874 



