BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



521 



A. O U. No. 



No. in List. 



190 BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSIS. 56 



AMERICAN BITTERN. 

 Quite common. Breeds. 



191. BOTAURUS EXILIS. 57 



LEAST BITTERN. 

 Common. Breeds. 



194. ARDEA HERODIAS 58 



GREAT BLUE HERON. 

 Breeds. A colony in Tonawanda Swamp, 50 miles 

 northeast of Buffalo. The Buffalo Soc. of Nat. 

 Sciences has the finest group from nest, eggs, 

 young in different stages and four adults, in exis- 

 tence at the present time, and is trying to have 

 the State take possession of about 600 acres of 

 swampland for a Reserve for the Heronry. This 

 is the only remaining one of four within a radius 

 of 50 miles of Buffalo. 



201. BUTORIDES VIRESCENS. 59 



GREEN HERON. 

 Common. Breeds. Is found near all the Creeks in 

 the vicinity of Buffalo. A small colony in Tona- 

 wanda Swamp. 



202. NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX NAEVIUS. 60 



BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 

 Rare. Migrant. I have a female mounted in my col- 

 lection, which was taken at Cheektowaga in the 

 spring of 1911, and have seen a male on May 23d 

 1912 and a male and female June 2d near Lein's 

 Park, Cazenovia Creek. 



203. NYCTICORAX VIOLACEA. 61 



YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 

 Rare. Migrant. Charles Linden and James Savage. 



208. RALLUS ELEGANS. 62 



KING RAIL. 



Rare. Breeds. My son Albert found a nest with 10 

 eggs in the swamp of Point Abino, Ont., 8 miles 

 from Buffalo; May 30th 1904. 



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