Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 371 



Orn. Illinois, 1895, p. 130.) " Rare accidental straggler. A single 

 individual was shot on Root River, Racine Co. (Wisconsin), August 

 28, 1848, by Dr. P. R. Hoy. A single wing of a decomposed specimen 

 was preserved by Thure Kumlien. This was found on the shores of 

 Lake Koshkonong in the early fifties." (Kumlien and Hollister, 

 Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 35.) 



Genus BUTORIDES Blyth. 



87. Butorides virescens (Linn.). 



Green Heron. 



Ardea virescens Linn., A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 73. 



Distr.: Temperate North America, from Ontario and Oregon 

 south to the West Indies, Middle America, and northern South Amer- 

 ica. In the United States, breeding throughout the greater part of 

 its range. 



Green Heron. 



Adult: Feathers on top of the head extending in a small crest, dark 

 green; neck, chestnut; throat, marked heavily with white; under 

 parts, pale purplish or ashy, marked with white; back, greenish, show- 

 ing tinge of slate color; wing coverts, green, feathers edged with buffy 

 white; bend of wing, whitish; tail, greenish, upper mandible, black; 

 lower mandible, mostly yellow, dark on the top; legs, yellowish green. 



