44 NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



birds that still lingered in the vicinity in 1911, and the few remain- 

 ing birds of California are to be found in the vicinity of Tulare Lake 

 (Goldman) and Clear Lake (Finley). Birds still wander north 

 occasionally in the fall and during the last 10 years have been re- 

 corded from Eastham, Mass., 1911 (Cobb) ; Plymouth, Mass., 1911 

 (Farley) ; Marshfield, Mass., 1911 (Barrett) ; East Greenwich, R. I.. 

 August 16, 1904 (Allen) ; Point Judith, R. L, August 2,1909 (Howe) ; 

 Connecticut, 1911 (Howes) ; Montauk, N. Y., July 23, 1900 (Brais- 

 lin) ; Ontario County, K Y., August, 1905 (Reed) ; East Windham, 

 K Y., July 18, 1906 (Weber) ; Ridgwood, N..J., July, 1902 (Hales) ; 

 Wading River, N. J., August, 1905 (Stone) ; Englewood, N. J., July 

 22, 1906 (Lemmon) ; Black Point, N. J., July 6, 1908 (Howe) ; Sea- 

 bright, N. J., August 5, 1908 (Howe) ; Berwyn, Pa., July 26, 1902 

 (Burns) ; Bristol, Pa., July 20, 1906 (Harlow) ; Ashbourne, Pa., July 

 30, 1906 (Harlow) ; Washington, D. C, August 19 to 24, 1912 

 (Appel) ; Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 1902 (Stone) ; West Huron, 

 Ohio, September, 1911 (Klein) ; Waterloo, Ind., April 22, 1905 

 (Link) ; Nehawka, Nebr., May 2. 1905 (Swenk) ; near Denver, 

 Colo., April 26, 1907 (Rockwell) ; and La wen, Oreg., May 5, 1909 

 (Hibbard). 



Winter range. — The egret is resident throughout its range in Cen- 

 tral and South America and the Greater Antilles. In the United 

 States it winters in the southern half of Florida north to Gainesville 

 (Chapman) ; on the coast of Louisiana (Beyer) ; on the coast of 

 Texas (Audubon) ; and in southern California north to Santa Cruz 

 (Breninger) ; and San Rafael (Mailliard). One was taken January 

 8, 1878, near Fort Klamath, Oreg. (Mearns), but the species does 

 not winter regularly in that locality. 



Spring migration. — The egret breeds so little north of its winter 

 home that its regular migrations are short and quickly accomplished. 

 Most of the movements are in March and early April, as shown by 

 the following dates of spring arrival: Cumberland, Ga.. March 7, 

 1902 (Helme) ; Charleston, S. C, March 28, 1909 (Weston) ; Rodney, 

 Miss.. March 22, 1889, and March 19, 1890 (Mabbett) ; St. Louis, 

 Mo.. April 9, 1886 (Widmann) ; Canton, 111., April 11, 1895 (Cob- 

 leigh) ; Bloomington, Ind., April 10, 1887 (Evermann) : near Yin- 

 cennes, Iowa, April 17, 1894 (Currier) ; Tucson. Ariz.. April 23. 

 1881 (Brewster) ; Fresno County, Cal., April 5, 1890 (Eaton) ; and 

 Stockton, Cal., April 1, 1878 (Bekiing). 



The egret breeds through such a wide range of latitude, both north 

 and south of the equator, that it is natural that the nesting dates 

 should show a wide variation. At the south end of the range in 

 Chile and Argentina the height of the nesting season is in October 

 and November; British Guiana, eggs in June (Lloyd) : Haiti. Feb- 

 ruary 18, 1895 (Christy); Cuba, March to June (Gundlach) ; Port 



