GREAT BLUE HERON. 



194. Ardea herodias herodias. 48 in. 



Adults with white center to the crown. 

 Black plumes from back of head, white 

 plumes on the back and breast. Young 

 with no plumes and a gray and white plum- 

 age; no black. 



Nest. Of sticks in tall trees usually in 

 swampy woods. Three or four bluish eggs. 



Range. Breeds throughout the U. S. and 

 southern Canada. Winters south from the 

 Middle States and Ohio Valley. Ward Heron 

 (A. h. icardi) which is lighter below and 

 with a browner neck is found in Fla. 



GREAT WHITE EGRET. 

 196. Herodias egretta. 41 in. 



Bill and face yellow. Legs black, plum- 

 age entirely white. Adults during summer 

 with long, straight "aigrette" plumes grow- 

 ing from the middle of the back. 



Range. Breeds from N. Car. to Fla. and 

 along the Gulf coast to Tex. 

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