Report of Secretary 



411 



These birds had, a few years ago, become so rare, and so much public 

 interest is centered in their protection, it is well to record in permanent form 

 as complete a record of their number and distribution as possible. 



In North Carolina, one colony is known and protected. It contained this 

 year about fifty-nine Egrets and twenty-five Snowy Egrets. 



In South Carolina, there are about a dozen important heronries, containing 

 Egrets of one or both species, and a somewhat larger number of places where 

 a few birds breed. We estimate the number of breeding Egrets in this state 

 at 1,000, and of Snowy Egrets, 3,000. 



YOUNG BROWN PELICANS IN TREE NEST. INDIAN KEY RESERVATION, TAMPA BAY, 



FLORIDA. NOTE DIFFERENCE IN SIZE OF YOUNG 



Photographed by Dr. H. R. Mills. 



Ten wardens in Florida guarded about 2,700 breeding Egrets and 1,000 

 Snowy Egrets. In Georgia, where our largest Egret colony is located, the 

 number believed to have occurred there was 1,200. 



Thus, from the reports of the wardens and other sources, we believe that 

 it is not far from correct to say that during the past summer the Association 

 protected about 4,960 large Egrets and 4,025 Snowy Egrets. 



Capt. B. J. Pacetti, of Ponce Park, Florida, Inspector of Government 

 Bird Reservations, and, in the past, one of our most active wardens, recently 

 secured the conviction of two men who shot Egrets near Daytona. The case 



