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4. The Purple Heron. Ardea rufescens. Resident on the Florida 

 Keys ; entirely maritime ; never seen farther eastward than Cape Florida ; 

 the young sometimes remove southward in winter. 



5. The American Bittern. Ardea minor. A winter resident in the 

 Floridas ; many migrate over the greater part of the Union and beyond 

 its northern limits ; never seen in Kentucky ; return before winter to the 

 Southern States. 



6. The Night Heron. Ardea Nycticorax. Resident in the Floridas ; 

 migrates eastward as far as Maine, up the Mississippi as high as Memphis ; 

 none seen in Kentucky ; returns to the Southern States at the approach 

 of winter, and occurs at the distance of a hundred miles inland. 



7. The Yellow-crowned Heron. Ardea violacea. A few spend the 

 winter in the Floridas ; it rarely migrates farther eastward than New 

 Jersey ; proceeds up the Mississippi to Natchez ; never goes far inland ; 

 the greatest number winter beyond the southern limits of the United 

 States. 



8. The Blue Heron. Ardea cceruka. Resident in the Floridas ; mi- 

 grates eastward as far as Long Island ; proceeds up the Mississippi about 

 a hundred miles above Natchez ; never goes far inland. 



9. The Louisiana Heron. Ardea Ludoviciana. Resident in the Flo- 

 ridas ; rarely seen as far east as New Jersey ; seldom passes Natchez on 

 the Mississippi ; never goes far inland. 



10. The White Egret. Ardea candidissima. Resident in the Flo- 

 ridas ; migrates eastward as far as New York, up the Mississippi as far 

 as Memphis ; never goes far inland ; returns to the Southern States as 

 soon as the young are able to travel. 



11. The Green Heron. Ardea virescens. Resident in the Floridas; 

 disperses over the Union ; goes far inland ; the greater number return at 

 the approach of winter to the Southern States. 



12. The Least Bittern. Ardea exilis. Resident in the Floridas ; 

 migrates as far as Maine, and throughout the Western Country, far up 

 the Missouri ; returns early in autumn to the Southern States. 



You will see from the above statement, that the Herons are almost 

 similar to our Pigeons in respect to the extent of their migrations, which 

 must appear the more remarkable on account of their comparative size, 

 Ardea Herodias and A. virescens corresponding in a great degree to the 

 Columba miffratoria and C. caroUnensis. 



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