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to Ohio. Dr. ROBERT BELL reports its occurrence at several 

 points in Hudson's Bay, and says it breeds on the Islands in the 

 Bay. 



It breeds from the Yellow-Stone Park to the Fur Countries. 



Plegadis autumnalis. 



GLOSSY IBIS. 



An accidental straggler. Dr. BREWER mentions that Mr. 

 FRANK L. TILESTON saw several birds, " undoubtedly of this 

 species," on Prince Edward Island in 1878; Mr. MC!LWRAITH 

 reports that Mr. JOHN BATES took two near Hamilton in 1857 '> 

 and Mr. FANNIN has taken one at Salt Springs Island, off British 

 Columbia. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. 



AMERICAN BITTERN. 



A common summer resident throughout Canada to about the 

 6oth parallel. 



Botaurus exilis. 



LEAST BITTERN. 



This is said to be a -common bird on the Western Plains, 

 though THOMPSON reports that only one example is known to 

 have been seen in Manitoba. It is quite common in Southern 

 Ontario, but east of that locality is merely accidental. A few 

 have been taken along the New Brunswick shore of the Bay of 

 Fundy. 



Ardea herodias. 



GREAT BLUE HERON. 



A common summer resident of the southern portions of 

 Canada, being especially abundant in British Columbia. Near 

 the Atlantic it is seldom seen north of latitude 48, though com- 

 mon near latitude 45. 



