204 HERONS. 



159. EUROPEAN BLUE HERON. 



Smal ler, 37, with tibia and bend of wing, 

 white. Northern portions of Eastern Hemis- 

 phere; accidental in southern Greenland. 



160. WHITE HERON. 



38; back with greatly elongated plumes, 

 stiffened, with barbs separated ; white 

 throughout; fig. 148. Winter and young 

 without plumes; bill, orange; feet, black. 

 Breeds through temperate and tropical 

 America, from N. J., Minn, and Ore. south 

 to Patagonia; casual on Atlantic coast as far 

 north as Nova Scotia. Now not common 

 anywhere in U. S. 



161. SNOWY EGRET. 

 Smaller, 24, head, breast with egret 



plumes which are more or less recurved at 

 tips; white throughout, fig. 149; winter and 

 young without plumes; bill and legs, black; 

 feet and space at base of bill, orange. Tem- 

 perate and tropical America from N. J. 

 south to the Argentine Republic and Chili; 

 casual as far north as Nova Scotia. 



