56 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



HERODIONES. HERODII. 



ARDEIDAE. 



Mass. — Rare local summer resident, mainly near the coast. 

 April 15-Sept. 1. Eggs, June 1-29. 



R.I. — Common summer resident ; casual in winter. (Mar. 1)- 

 Sept. 14 (Feb. 28, 1881, Providence). Eggs, May 23-June 16. 



Conn.- — Uncommon local summer resident. Spring-Sept. 

 Eggs, June 10-27. 



107. Ardea herodias Linne. 



Great blue heron; Blue crane; Crane; Frog stabber; Poke. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 143. "Ajuerica." 

 Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, p. 122, pi. 369. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 19, fig. 11. 



Swamps and borders of ponds; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common migrant and local summer resident. Mar. 29- 

 Nov. 12 (Dec. 9). Eggs, late April-May 16. 



N. H. — Common migrant and, northward from L. Winnepe- 

 saukee, a local summer resident. April 5-Nov. (Dec. 21; Dec. 31, 

 1901, Randolph). 



Vt. — Common migrant and, in northern part, a local svunmer 

 resident. Summer-(Dec. 22, 1884, Milton). 



Mass. — Common migrant and rare winter resident; occasional 

 in summer but not now known to breed (formerly at Naushon). 

 Mar. 15- June 4; (summer); July 30-Dec. 20 (winter). 



R. I. — Common migrant. Mar .-May 4; July 15-Dec. 11. 



Conn. — Common migrant, occasional in summer; rare winter 

 resident. Mar. 15-May (June 2); Aug.-Dec. (winter). 



108. Herodias egretta (Gmelin) Cabanis. 



American egret. 



Ardea egretta Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 629. "in 

 insula S. Dominici, insulis Falkland & America al^strali ad 



