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{Outram Bangs.) There was brought to me at Quebec a specimen 

 of this bird, killed on the St. Lawrence by an amateur in October, 

 1881. ipionne.) A pair of little blue herons was taken by J. W. 

 Anderson at Aylmer, Ont., August 15th, 1901. Two more were 

 shot within a few miles of Toronto some time ago. (/. H. Ames.) 



LXXVIII. BUTORIDES Blyth. 1849. 

 201. Green Heron. 



Butorides virescens (Linn.) Bonap. 1855. 



Occasional in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) A summer resident, but 

 rare, at St. John, New Brunswick; commoner in the northern 

 counties. {Chamberlain.) A scarce summer resident at Montreal. 

 May breed, as young birds were seen at Caughnawaga, on Sep- 

 tember I, 1887. {Wintle.) This handsome little heron finds its 

 northern limit along the southern border of Ontario. According to 

 Dr. Macallum, it breeds regularly on the banks of the Grand river, 

 near Dunnville, and has also been observed, occasionally, near 

 Hamilton and at St. Clair flats. {Mcllwraith.) Often shot in Ash- 

 bridge bay, Toronto. {Raine.) Regular migrant at Toronto. Not 

 common. (/. H. Fleming.) 



The writer thought he saw a number of specimens of this species 

 on the Assiniboine river, near the mouth of Shell river, Manitoba, 

 on the 26th September, 1881, but never having seen any since 

 believes now they were the next species. Seton records this species 

 in his Birds of Manitoba, on my authority and that of Mr. Hunter, 

 but as neither of us mentions the next species, I believe we mistook 

 our bird and the night heron was the bird we saw. 



Breeding Notes. — A rare visitant in eastern Ontario. I have 

 met with the bird twice; the second time near Macintosh Mills, 

 Ont., in May, in a locality where there was a possibihty it might be 

 paired and was breeding. The bird was very tame, and alighted on 

 the dead limbs of trees. Their principal place of resort on the St. 

 Lawrence is Charleston lake, where I found a small colony breeding. 

 On May 29th, 1899, I found two nests, one with three eggs, the 

 other close by, with one. On June 14th I saw a nest with five eggs 

 and another one in which the eggs had been destroyed. {Rev. C. J. 

 Young.) A rather common but very retiring breeder in south- 



