4.6 Birds of Massachusetts 



Boston, one killed in 1862 ; ^ Northampton, one was taken prior to 

 1887 by E. O. Damon ; ^ Nantucket, one taken at Hummock Pond, 

 March, 188 1,3 by one of the men of the Life Saving Station. 



107. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.). Yellow-crowned 

 Night Heron. 



An accidental visitant from the ^outh. There is some evidence 

 of its having possibly bred on Cape Cod in 189 1, where an old 

 and a young bird were taken on July 8 and 18 respectively. The 

 records are : Ashland [ ? ], one taken in 1857, teste A. L. Babcock ; ^ 

 Lynn, qne taken in October, 1862 ;^ Somervilk, a young bird was 

 taken July 30, 1878 ;' Provincetown, an adult male taken on July 

 8,' an adult seen, and a young female taken on July 18, 1891 ;^ 

 Maiden, one was shot by a Mr. Haley about 1893.' 



108. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.). Black- 

 crowned Night Heron. 



A common summer resident, wintering Igcally in small numbers 

 near the coast. 



April I to November i ; Winter. 



Amherst : Taken near Connecticut River. Berkshire : Summer 

 resident, not common. Bristol County : " Common summer resi- 

 dent in southern part of County." Brookline : " A permanent resident." 

 Cambridge : A permanent i-esident ; most common in August and 

 September. Cohasset • " Abundant in summer." Dedham : " Com- 

 mon." Essex County : " Summer visitant." Common. Ipswich : 

 "Abundant summer resident." Nantucket: "Common." Springiield : 

 "Common summer resident." Wellesley : "Not uncommon summer 

 resident." 



109. Butorides virescens (Linn.). Green Heron. 

 A common summer resident. 



^ Allen; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 1864, pp. 85, 86. 

 ^ Clark ; Birds of Amherst, 1887, p. 46. 



spurdie; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, No. 4, Oct., 1882, p. 251.' 

 '' Morse; Birds of "Wellesley, 1897, p. 15. 



''Allen ; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. 12, Feb., 1870, p. 637, p. 39 of separate. 

 * Brewster; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, No. 2, Apr., 1879, PP- 124, 

 125. 

 'Small; O. & O., Vol. XVI, No. 4, Apr., 1891, p. 64. 

 8 Small; ibid.. No. 9, Sept., 1891, p. 135. 

 'Forbush; in litteris and Auk, Vol. XI, No. i, Jan., 1894, p. 55. 



