AVES. 57 



HERODIONES. HERODII. 



ARDEIDAE. 



LouisiANAM." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, p. 132, 

 pi. 370. 



Swamps and lowlands; nests in small trees. 



Me. — Occasional summer visitor. April 7-Aug. 22. 



N. H. — Rare summer visitor: near Newmarket, 1897. 



Vt. — Rare summer visitor: New Haven, two in Aug. 1882; 

 Winooski River, summer, 1869. 



Mass. — Occasional summer and fall visitor. April-Nov. 22. 



R. I. — Occasional summer visitor; may have bred at Wes- 

 quage Pond in 1894. June 1-Oct. 12. 



Conn. — Occasional summer visitor. July-Oct. 



109. Egretta candidissima (Gmelin) Gosse. 



Snowy heron. 



Ardea candidissima Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 633. 

 "in inundatis prope Carthagenam Americae." Audubon, 

 Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, p. 163, pi. 374. 



Swamps and lowlands; nests in small trees. 



Me. — Erroneously accredited. 



Vt. — Accidental visitor: St. Albans Bay, two in Oct., 1890. 

 Mass. — Accidental visitor: near Boston, 1862; Nantucket, 

 March, 1881; Northampton, 1887 {"! nee Essex Co.). 



Conn. — Accidental visitor: Hartford; Stratford ("seen"). 



110. Florida caerulea (Linne) Baird. 



Little blue heron. 



Ardea caerulea Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 143. "in 

 America septentrionali." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 148, pi. 372. 



Swamps and lowlands; nests in bushes. 



