170 AEDEIDiE. 



primariis et tectricibus primariorum albo terminaliter limbatis ; faciei et colli lateribus brunnescenti-rufls ; 

 corpore subtus albo, gutture et prffipectore fusco longitudinaliter striatis ; pectore et hypochondriis sordide 

 schistaceo striatis. (Descr. av. juv. ex Eiverside, California. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Temperate North America, from Ontario and Oregon southward {A. virescens) ^^, 

 Lower California (A. frazari) ^o ^^. — Mexico {Beppe & Schiede ^ % Tampico, 

 Chimalapa (Iiichardson^% Mazatlan (Grayson--), Presidio de Mazatlan (Forrer^% 

 Guanajuato {Duges^% Colima [Xantus-, Lloyd^), Manzanilla Bay (Xantus^^), 

 Acapulco [Markham'-'' ^^, Mrs. H. H. Smith ^% Acatlan, State of Puebla, Laguna 

 del Eosario, State of Tlaxcala, Plan del Rio, Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz [Ferrari- 

 Perez''), Cordova {Salle'^\ Ferrari-Perez^^), Jalapa {de Oca^^), Laguna Verde, 

 Sochiapa, Vera Cruz [Trvjillo^^)' Barrio, Santa Efigenia, Tehuantepec city {Suini- 

 chrast"^). North Yucatan ^^^ Tizimin^^, Cozumel I. ^s 36 (Qaumer), Progreso [Stone 

 & Baker ^^); British Honduras, Belize [Leyland^^), Cayo, western district [Blan- 

 caneaux^^); Guatemala [Constancia^^, 0. S.'^^), Duenas, Chiapam [0. S.^^-^^), 

 Atitlan [Richardson^^); Honduras, Omoa [Leyland^^), Euatan I. [Gaumer^^), 

 Swan I. [Townsend ^^) ; Nicaragua, Momotombo, San Carlos [Richardson ^^), 

 Ometepe, Lake of Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur [Nutting 3* ^5)^ j^jq Escondido 

 [Richmond ^^), Blewfields (Wickham^); Costa Rica [Carmiol-^, v. Frantzius-^), 

 San Jose [Zeledon ^, Nutting ^i, Cherrie i°, v. Frantzius ^), La Palma [Nutting ^^), Rio 

 Tirribi, Salitral, near San Antonio [v. Frantzius^), Liberia, Desamparados, San 

 Joaquin [Zeledon^), Talamanca, Bahia de Salinas, Alujuela, Punta Arenas, San 

 Lucas, Trojas, Estrella, Azahar, Jimenez [Underwood); Panama [21' Leannan-^) , 

 Chitra, Calobre [E. Arce^^), Rio Coconati [Festa^'^), San Miguel in the Pearl 

 Is. [Brown^^]. — Colombia ^^; Venezuela ^^j Trinidad ^6; Greater and Lesser 

 Antilles ^^. 



Of the present species and its many allies, A. frazari, A. saturata, A. hahamensis, &c., 

 it is difficult to write definitely, as we have not been able to examine a sufficiently large 

 series of the insular forms, which have been separated as distinct by the American 

 ornithologists. Dr, Bowdler Sharpe, in the ' Catalogue of Birds,' recorded his opinion 

 that the differential characters assigned to some of these species or races are due to the 

 intensity of colouring during the breeding-season, and on the whole we are inclined 

 to agree with him. 



The Green Heron is found on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides of North America, 

 but is apparently absent in the central regions of the United States. It becomes less 

 common in the northern portions of its range, but breeds in Canada in limited numbers, 

 a few pairs remaining all the winter in the Southern States. Plentiful in all the 

 States of Central America, where it mostly appears as a winter visitant or on migration, 

 this species, according to Grayson, is resident in Western Mexico at all seasons, and 

 also at San Jose in Costa Rica, as recorded by Mr. Cherrie. We found large numbers 



