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EGRETTA CANDIDISSIMA CANDIDISSIMA (Gmelin). Snowy Egret. 
Accidental. 
The only record for this part of the country is a beautiful 
Specimen in the Dankers collection taken in Holt County on 
April 14, 1904. 
Fora CAERULEA (Linn.). Little Blue Heron. 
Irregular summer visitant. 
The few small flocks of these herons that have been seen here 
are wanderers from the south after the nesting season. Ten 
Specimens testify to its oceurrence in this vicinity. Eight of 
these were taken from one flock by Chas. Dankers on August 
20, 1916. 
BUTORIDES VIRESCENS VIRESCENS (Linn.). Green Heron. 
Common summer resident. 
The Green Heron arrives about the middle of April and is 
Seldom seen after the first of October. Every small wooded 
creek has its nesting pairs. It nests in Swope Park and along 
the Blue River within the city. It is very common in the Mis- 
Souri Valley and in the valley of the Little Blue. It begins lay- 
ing shortly after the middle of May. 
This heron is less shy than others of the family and falls an 
easy prey to many thoughtless gunners, and for this reason 
alone is noticeably decreasing in numbers. 
Nycricorax NYCTICORAX NAEVIUS (Boddaert). Black-crowned 
Night Heron. 
Rare migrant and possible summer resident. 
The Black-crowned Night Heron arrives about the middle of 
April and leaves by the middle of October. It is much less 
Common than formerly. It has been known to breed in the 
Counties to the north of us but the nest has never been found in 
Jackson County. It should be looked for in suitable localities. 
NYCTANASSA VIOLACEA (Linn.). Yellow-crowned Night Heron. 
Very rare summer resident. 
The only authentic record of the occurrence of this heron in 
this vicinity is a pair seen at a nearby hunting resort on April 
17, 1915. 
