56 BIRDS OF OHIO. 



Hamilton (Dury and C. C. Smith), Morgan (Morris and 

 Arrick), where it was found breeding, Ashtabula (Sim), 

 Perry (DeLong), Pike (Henninger). Reports from Colum- 

 biana and Defiance clearly refer to the Green Heron. The 

 movements of this heron are too erratic to make predictions 

 of its probable occurrence worth while. 



66. (201.) BUTORIDES VIRESCENS (Linn.). 188. 



Green Heron. 



Synonyms: Ardea virescens. 



Fly-up-the-creek, Shytepoke. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165. 



This is the common and well-known heron in Ohio. It is 

 common and breeds everywhere in the state where there is 

 water enough to furnish food and trees or other cover 

 enough to hide the nest and young. In Lorain county it 

 frequently nests in orchards bordering swamps, or in the 

 thick second growth on a hillside. 



The Green Heron consumes quantities of grasshoppers, 

 and probably other large insects, besides its diet of tadpoles 

 and water insects, and small batrachians. It is too useful 

 to be persecuted for its ungainly carriage. 



The first reach the state during the last week in April, 

 usually, and the most have gone south by the first of Octo- 

 ber, but individuals may tarry even after the middle of 

 November where the fishing is good. 



67. (202.) NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX N^EVIUS. (Bodd.). 



189. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. 



Synonyms: Nyctiardea grisea var. nsevia, Ardea discors, Nycti- 



ardea gardneri, Ardea nasvia. 



Night Heron, Quawk, Squawk, Qua-bird, American Night 

 Heron, Night Raven. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165, 184. 



This heron is locally common in the state, but seems to 

 be absent from many regions. It is a summer resident 

 wherever it is found. Its semi-nocturnal habi f s probably 



