GKEEN HERON. 



ARDEA VIRESCENS, Linn. 



Ardea virescenSj Linn. S. N. i. p. 238. 



Butorides virescens, Baird, Brewer, ^ Ridgway, Water-Birds 



of N. Am. i. p. 50 ; Graves-Saivle, Proc. Linn. Soc. 



17th April, 1890 ; Ibis, 1890, p. 386. 



One occurrence. At the meeting of the Linnean 

 Society held on 17tli April. 1890, Sir Charles Graves- 

 Sawle, Bart., exhibited a specimen of the North- 

 American Green Heron, Avhich had been shot on 27th 

 October, 1889, by his keeper, W. Abbott, on his estate, 

 Penrice, St. Austell, Cornwall. The bird, which may 

 have escaped from captivity, was brought to Sir Charles 

 in the flesh. 



Ardea virescens has a wide distribution over North 

 America, Mexico, Central America, and the West 

 Indian Islands, and Las occurred in Bermuda. 



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