CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 247 



101 (194) Great blue heron 



Ardea herodias Linn. 



102 (196) American egret 



Ardea egretta Gmel. 



103 (197) Snowy heron 



Ardea candidissima Gmel. 



104 (199) Louisiana heron 1 



Ardea tricolor ruficollis (Gosse) 



1 One Long Island record. See DeKay, 1842, p.223. See also Olraud's Birds of Long Island, 1844, 

 p. 281-82. 



