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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Little 
  blue 
  heron. 
  Florida 
  caerulea 
  (Linnaeus). 
  From 
  specimen 
  in 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  • 
  

  

  3 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  at 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance. 
  The 
  inexperienced 
  sometimes 
  mistake 
  the 
  

  

  Little 
  green 
  heron 
  for 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  a 
  slight 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  descriptions 
  

  

  will 
  dispel 
  the 
  error. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  This 
  species 
  inhabits 
  tropical 
  and 
  warm 
  temperate 
  

  

  America 
  from 
  Guiana 
  and 
  Columbia 
  to 
  Kansas 
  and 
  Virginia, 
  and 
  like 
  other 
  

  

  southern 
  species 
  sometimes 
  straggles 
  northward 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  and 
  

  

  even 
  to 
  Labrador. 
  It 
  was 
  rare 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  even 
  in 
  Giraud's 
  day, 
  and 
  

  

  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  only 
  an 
  accidental 
  summer 
  visitant. 
  The 
  following 
  

  

  are 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  specimens 
  taken: 
  

  

  Great 
  South 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  17, 
  1847. 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  10: 
  271 
  

   Shelter 
  Island, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  16, 
  1881. 
  ( 
  Worthington) 
  . 
  Dutcher, 
  Notes 
  

   Far 
  Rockaway, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Apr. 
  3, 
  1885. 
  Lawrence, 
  Auk, 
  2: 
  272 
  

  

  