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generally seen in flocks. With A. cnndidiMimn they lack the patience 



of the larger Herons and pursue their prey in shallow water. 



199. Ardea tricolor ruflcolliw \XA HERON. Ad. 



Upper part* dark bluish slutc-e..|,.r; bm-k ! the licu.l uu<l upper neck with 

 elongated chewtnut rut'ou* and whito leathers ; back with pule brownbh gray 

 u aigrette" plume* reaching to Uie tail; low IT hack, rump, and belly white; 

 neck bluish slate-color ; throat white, an indistinct rui'-.u- line ilwn the mid- 

 dlo of the forencck ; legs blackish ; bane of the hill and lore* bluish. /". 

 Throat, and an indistinct line down the foreneck. white; rent of the head and 

 neck brownish rufoiu; upper l>uck and wing* bluish slate-color, mre or IBM 

 washed with brownish rui-.ii- ; m> plumes : lower baek, rump, ami U-lly white; 

 breast with more or leas slaty streaks; legs yellow In-hind, blackish In-fore; 

 lower mandible and lore* orange ; upper mandible bla.-k. I.., -J-, >.>; U ., 14HW; 

 Tar^S-70; B., -0. 



Jfanye. Central America and Wcat Imlie.s northward to the Gulf States; 

 casually to Long bland. 



Long Island, A. V., one rceor.1. 



jNVftf, a platform of nt'u-ks, in colonies, in duties over water Eyy, four 

 to five, pale, dull blue, 1 7.1 x 1-35. 



A common species in Florida, where it is found both singly and in 

 flocks. It is sometimes a slow, stealthy feeder, and at others dashes 

 for its prey. 



200. Ardea ccerulca Linn. LITTLE Hi.i K HKK.-N. .I-/. Head and 

 neck maroon-chcatnut ; rest of the plumule dark bluish alatc-color; inter- 

 capulare and lower neck fciitln-r* 1 riu'tlicm-d ami narrowly pointed; lore* 

 blue; legu and feet black. ///*. White, the pluniiu;i- smm -times more or leas 

 waahed with Blaty ; tht tipt of the primaritt alwity* bluith tlaU-color ; legs, 

 feet, and lores grttnith y,ll<r. L., 22-> : \\ . ]. -j;, ; Tar., 8-70; B^ S-00. 



Ranarkt. Between the young and adult then- is every stage of int. T 

 grailation of color, orne H|tecimciiH beint; irregularly marked with blue and 

 white in about equal proportiona. Young binls are soinetimes mistaken for 

 Snowy Herons, but can always be diMim:iii.-hl by the greenish yellow legs 

 and slaty tips of the primaries. 



Kangt. Tropical and temperate America, breeding as far north as south- 

 ern Illinois and Virginia; after the breeding season wander* northward, some- 

 reaching Nova Scotia. 



Washington, casual in July and August ; sonu -times quite common. Long 

 Island, rare from A 



a plat fom. in bushes over water. Eyy, three 



to four, pale, dull blue, 1-70 x 1-30. 



Thanks to their lack of "aigrette" plumes Little Blue Herons are 

 probably the most common Herons in Florida to-day. They are gen- 

 erally found in flocks, sometimes composed entirely of blue adults, 

 :aes of white, immature birds, and nt others l*>th young and old 

 are associated. The white birds resemble A. candidnaima, but the 



