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Subgenus "Herodias."' Boie. 

 55. American Egret. A. egretta. Gmel. 



" Transient Visitant," rare. This large and hand- 

 some bird is a very conspicuous object with its 

 white plumage. It appears to be only a casual 

 autumn visitant in this district. A pair of them 

 were observed in the fall of 1889 at Beauharnois, 

 one of which was shot, and received by Mr. Craig 

 to be stuffed ; it is now in the collection of Mr. 

 Dubuc. Another example of this egret was shot 

 in the summer of 1891 at Isle-aux-Noix (Craig) an 

 island in the Richelieu river near Stottsville, and 

 about 40 miles southeast of Montreal. 



Subgenus " Butorides." Blyth. 

 56. Green Heron. A. virescens. Linn. 



" Summer Resident," scarce. "When out shoot- 

 ing with Mr. McLea Walbank, September 1 1887, 

 at Caughnawaga, we saw young herons perched on 

 top of the low bushes of a small island there, and 

 moved adult herons out of the surrounding marshes 

 which evidently were of this species, and probably 

 had bred in the vicinity ; but we failed to get a shot 

 at them, as the water was too shallow to allow us 

 to approach them near enough with our boat. An 



