CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 1 33 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



One taken on the Ottawa River. 

 197. Snowy Heron. 



Ardea candidissima Gmel. 1788. 



Casual visitor in Nova Scotia ; one specimen shot in a marsh 

 near Halifax, another at Musquodoboit. {Downs.) Saw one shot 

 at Combermere, Renfrew Co., Ont., in August, 1892. {Rev. C J. 

 Young.) Accidental in British Columbia. Two specimens taken 

 at Burrard Inlet, B.C., May, 1879. {Fannin.) 



200. Little Blue Heron. 



Ardea carulea Linn. 1758. 



Accidental and very rare in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) There 

 was brought to me at Quebec a specimen of this bird, killed on 

 the St. Lawrence by an amateur in October, 1881. {Dionne.) 



201. Green Heron. 



Ardea virescens Linn. 1758. 



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

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

 counties. {Ckamderlain.) 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. {Mcllwraitk.) Often shot 

 in Ashbridge Bay, Toronto. {Raine.) 



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, i88i, but never having seen 

 any since believes now they were the next species. Seton- 

 Thompson 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. 



