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color, resembling the descriptions given of 7im bet hides, the 
Gray Ruffed Grouse of the Rocky Mountains ; and between 
these extremes of color are several intermediate phases. 
There is also a difference in the markings of these birds. A 
large percentage of the darker race have a continuous subter- 
minal black band on the tail-feathers, and spots on the chin 
and throat ; and about the same average of the lighter race 
have immaculate chin and throat, and lack the black band on 
the two central feathers of the tail. But neither rule is invari- 
able, for of a very large number of specimens examined in 
the Saint John market during several seasons, numerous 
examples were found of all possible combinations of these 
points of difference. I have not had an opportunity to com- 
pare specimens of the lighter colored birds with types of the 
Rocky Mountain race, but think it not improbable that both 
the Brown and Gray varieties are represented here, with 
numerous hybrids. 
Family ARDEID^. The Herons. 
134. GREAT BLUE HERON. “ CRANE.” frdea herodias). 
A summer resident; abundant in all parts of the Province. 
Breeds. 
135. GREEN HERON. (Butorides vireseens'). 
A summer resident ; rare in these Counties, but met with 
more frequently farther north. 
136. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. { Nyctiardea grisea ncevia). 
A summer resident. Only a few have been observed near 
Saint John. It is reported abundant near Bathurst and at 
River Charlo. 
137. AMERICAN BITTERN. “STAKE DRIVER.” {Botaurus 
lentiginosus). 
An abundant summer resident ; breeds. 
