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 ARDEA CANDIDKSIMA Gmel. 



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Snowy Heron. (197) 



A'/n/f : — \\'itli a long of:(jij)ital d'esl of deconipoHeil feathers ami similar doi'sal 

 plumes, latter' rn-iirvi'tJ when perfect; similar, but not reeur\'e(l plumes on the 

 lower neck, which is liare liehiml ; lores, ej'es and toes, yellow; bill and legs, 

 black, former' yellow at base, latter- yellow at lower part behind. Plumage 

 always entirely white. Length, 24; wing, 11-12; bill, 3; tarsus, 3V+. 



H.\B. — Temperate arrd tr'opical America, from New Jersey, Minnesota and 

 Oregon, south to Patagonia; casually on the Atlantic coast to Nova Scotia. 



Nest, a platform of sticks, usually in top of a tall tree, sometimes in a Ijusli 

 aljove the water'. 



Eggs, three to five, pale bluish-gr'eeri. 



The young of the Snowy Heron inherit the family peculiaritj' of 

 making their first journey in the wrong direction, and it is ti:i this 

 fact that we are indeVjted for the visits we occasionally receive from 

 them along our southern frontier during the early fall. I have had 

 them sent to me from Long Point, on Lal^e Erie, and have heard of 

 their being captured at other places, but all were young birds, and I 

 liave no record of the species being found breeding in Ontario. 

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