﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  257 
  

  

  Cattaraugus 
  creek. 
  Erie 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Aug. 
  10, 
  1881. 
  c? 
  juvenal. 
  Eaton, 
  Auk, 
  13: 
  178 
  

  

  Medina, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Ernest 
  H. 
  Short 
  

  

  South 
  Oj-ster 
  Bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  3, 
  1882. 
  o" 
  . 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  i: 
  32 
  

  

  Cayuga, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Aug. 
  1882. 
  Parker 
  

  

  Herkimer, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Spring 
  1882. 
  Ralph 
  & 
  Bagg 
  

  

  Sunham's 
  bay. 
  Lake 
  George, 
  Warren 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Latter 
  part 
  of 
  May 
  or 
  first 
  of 
  June 
  

  

  1883. 
  Merriam, 
  Auk, 
  i: 
  59 
  

   Carlton, 
  Orleans 
  co. 
  1883. 
  (Davison). 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  24: 
  204 
  

   Kent, 
  Orleans 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  July 
  27, 
  1883. 
  (3 
  seen, 
  2 
  killed). 
  Posson, 
  Auk, 
  16: 
  193 
  

   Gcirdiners 
  island, 
  L. 
  L 
  Summer 
  1884. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Worthington 
  

   Alcott, 
  Niagara 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Aug. 
  18, 
  1886. 
  Davison, 
  Auk, 
  4: 
  159 
  

   South 
  Barre, 
  Orleans 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  About 
  Apr. 
  25, 
  1887. 
  (Col. 
  Fred 
  Miller). 
  Neil 
  F. 
  

  

  Posson 
  

   Deerfield 
  and 
  Marcy, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Nov. 
  10, 
  1889. 
  Ralph 
  & 
  Bagg 
  List, 
  Auk, 
  8: 
  230 
  

   Baldwinsville, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Sept. 
  1895. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Perrior, 
  "1896." 
  W. 
  M. 
  Beauchamp 
  

   Skaneateles, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  About 
  1893. 
  

  

  Newark 
  Valley, 
  Tioga 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  June 
  1896. 
  G. 
  B. 
  Sutton 
  

   Jamaica 
  bay. 
  Queens 
  co., 
  L. 
  L 
  Oct. 
  i, 
  1897. 
  Braislin, 
  Auk, 
  17: 
  69 
  

   Montauk, 
  L. 
  L 
  July 
  23, 
  1900. 
  Braislin, 
  Auk, 
  19: 
  145 
  

   Penn 
  Yan, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Spring. 
  Auburn 
  List, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  7: 
  325 
  

   Dresden, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Years 
  ago. 
  James 
  Flahive 
  

   Ontario 
  co.. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Aug. 
  1905. 
  Wallace 
  Reed 
  

  

  Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  L. 
  L 
  July 
  17, 
  1884. 
  Dutcher, 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes 
  

   Fire 
  Island, 
  L. 
  I. 
  July 
  27, 
  1884. 
  (Martin). 
  Dutcher, 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes 
  

   Southampton, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  1890. 
  (Burnett). 
  Dutcher, 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes 
  

   Long 
  Island. 
  (Years 
  before 
  1890 
  mounted 
  several, 
  Knoess). 
  Dutcher, 
  Long 
  Island 
  

  

  Notes 
  

  

  Egretta 
  candidissima 
  (Gmelin) 
  

  

  Snowy 
  Heron 
  

  

  Ardea 
  candidissima 
  Gmelin. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  1788. 
  2: 
  633 
  

  

  DeKav. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  221, 
  fig. 
  187 
  

   A. 
  O.'U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  197 
  

  

  candidis'sima, 
  Lat., 
  very 
  white 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult: 
  Plumage 
  entirely 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  train 
  of 
  about 
  50 
  plumes 
  

   or 
  "aigrettes" 
  springs 
  from 
  the 
  interscapular 
  region, 
  recurved 
  at 
  the 
  tips; 
  

   plumes 
  also 
  grow 
  from 
  the 
  occiput 
  and 
  lower 
  neck, 
  the 
  latter, 
  however, 
  

   are 
  nearly 
  straight. 
  Young: 
  Similar, 
  but 
  lacking 
  the 
  plumes. 
  Lores, 
  

   base 
  of 
  bill, 
  eyes 
  and 
  toes 
  yellow, 
  tip 
  of 
  bill 
  and 
  legs 
  black. 
  

  

  Length 
  20-27 
  inches; 
  extent 
  36-41; 
  wing 
  8.5-11; 
  tail 
  4; 
  bill 
  2.25-3.6; 
  

   tarsus 
  3.25-4.5; 
  tibia 
  bare 
  2.5. 
  

  

  