EGRETS. 205 



152. REDDISH EGRET. 



Medium size, 80, back plumes present; 

 head and neck, reddish; bill, black, purple 

 at base; feet, black. Young, plain gray. 

 Resident in southern Fla., chiefly on the 

 extreme southern and western coasts, west 

 along the Gulf coast to Texas and both 



Fig. 160 



Clapper Rail. 1-4. 



coasts of Mexico and Guatemala; in summer 

 wandering north to southern 111.; recorded 

 from Cuba and Jamaica; now rare in U. S. 



163. CHANGING EGRET. 



Differs from last in having the plumage 

 irregularly mixed with white. Young, 



