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NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



Alaska. It occurs throughout Mexico, Central America, Bermuda, 

 the Bahamas, and the West Indies, while a few birds have been re- 

 corded from northern South America and from the Galapagos 

 Islands. 



Breeding range. — The typical form herodias breeds north to Bad- 

 deck, N. S. (Dwight) ; Magdalen Islands, Quebec (Job) ; Chatham, 

 N. B. (Baxter) ; Quebec City, Canada (Dionne) ; Cobalt, Ontario 

 (Hubel) ; Riding Mountain, Manitoba (Seton) ; Osier, Saskatchewan 

 (Colt); and Spotted Lake, Alberta (Loring). It has been known 

 to occur north to Anticosti (Schmitt) ; Godbout. Quebec (Comeau 1 ) ; 

 Moose Factory, Ontario (Turner) ; and Fort Chimo, Quebec (Tur- 

 ner) . It breeds south on the Atlantic coast to Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



• BREEDING 



O OCCURRENCE IN SUMMER 



Fig. 12. — Great white heron (Ardea accidentaUs) . 



(Wayne), and south in the Mississippi Valley to Winnebago County, 

 Iowa (Abbott). It occurs west in migration to Prospect Lake. B. C. 

 (specimen in American Museum of Natural History), and probably 

 breeds in southeastern British Columbia. 



The species once nested in Bermuda in 1846 (Wedderburn), but 

 has since then been known there as a migrant only. 



Winter range. — The regular winter range of typical herodias ex- 

 tends south to Micco, Fla. (Bangs) ; Castleberry, Ala. (Matthews) ; 

 and to Camargo, Tamaulipas (Goldman). The species ranges north 

 in winter to Raleigh. X. C. (Brimley) ; Cape Charles, Va. (Chap- 

 man) ; and to Fayetteville, Ark. (Harvey). In mild winters some 

 individuals remain much farther north, as far as the lower Ohio 

 Valley (Butler) and New Jersey (Fisher), while stragglers have 

 been noted at Randolph, N. H., December 31, 1910 (Allen) ; Milton, 

 Vt., December 22. 1884 (Howe) ; Boston Harbor, Mass., January 1, 



