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ton knew of no breeding records, but spoke of seeing young 
birds. His statements seem to indicate that he regarded the 
occurrence of this heron in Ohio as the result of a northward 
migration after the breeding season. I have been unable to 
find any actual breeding records. One of the two Lorain 
county specimens, taken by Mr. R. E. Jump, near Oberlin, 
was found during the spring. The majority of occurrences 
seem to fall in July and August. 
64. (197.) Ecretra cANDIDISSIMA (Gmel.). 187. 
Snowy Heron. 
Synonyms: Garzetta candidissima, Ardea candidissima. 
Little White Egret. 
Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1860, 368, 377. 
The occurrence of this heron in the state nearly duplicates 
that just given for the American Egret. While every record 
is regarded as practically accidental for that county in which 
the record falls, it is significant that the records cover prac- 
tically all of the state except the extreme northwestern and 
extreme southeastern parts. On the lake shore, Erie, Lo- 
rain, Lake, Ashtabula; inland, Licking, Hardin, Defiance; 
and Hamilton on the southwestern border are certainly rep- 
resentative of the whole state. With our present knowledge 
of this bird we must regard it as rare and irregular as a 
summer visitor. 
65. (200.) Frorma c#rutea (Linn.). —. 
Little Blue Heron. 
Synonym: Ardea czrulea. 
Entered as hypothetical by Wheaton, Reprint, Ohio Agri. Re- 
port, 1861, 21, and also in his 1882 Catalogue. Also as hypo- 
thetical by Langdon, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 15. The first 
published record of this species as unquestionablv a bird of 
Ohio is as follows: 
McCormick, L. M., Auk, X, Oct., 1892, 397. Record of a bird 
captured near Oberlin by Mr. R. E. Jump, about 1882. 
The distribution of this little heron in Ohio is hardly less 
irregular than that of the two egrets. Since the publication 
of the Lorain county specimen others have been taken in 
