208 HERONS. 



167. GREEN HERON. 

 Small, 17.50; above, greenish, looking 

 dark in the distance; neck, chestnut-red v line 

 down front black and white, beneath brown, 

 bill and feet yellow, fig. 150. Young, mot- 

 tled with reddish above. Agile running on 



Fig. 162 



Florida Gallinule. 1-5 



ground and springing quickly into air and 

 flying with rapid wing-beats. Note, a shrill 

 cry often repeated several times. Common, 

 frequenting swampy margins of rivers, 

 ponds and lagoons. Nests in low trees and 

 bushes. Breeds throughout temperate N. A. 

 south to Key West Fla. and southern S. A. 

 Winters, from N. C. southward. 



