GEEEN HEEON. 



ARDEA V1RESCENS, Linn. 



Ardea virescens, Linn. S. N. i. p. 238. 



Butorides virescens, Baird, Brewer, £f Ridgway, Water-Birds 

 of N. Am. i. p. 50 ; Graves-Sawle, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 17th April, 1890 ; Ibis, 1890, p. 386. 



One occurrence. At the meeting of the Linnean 

 Society held on 17th April, 1890, Sir Charles Graves- 

 Sawle, Bart., exhibited a specimen of the North- 

 American Green Heron, which had been shot on 27th 

 October, 1889, by his keeper, W. Abbott, on his estate, 

 Penrice, St. Austell, Cornwall. The bird, which may 

 have escaped from captivity, was brought to Sir Charles 

 in the flesh. 



Ardea virescens has a wide distribution over North 

 America, Mexico, Central America, and the West 

 Indian Islands, and has occurred in Bermuda. 



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