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he collected specimens some twenty years ago in the Mississippi bottom, a few 
miles below St. Louis, where it was not uncommon about the large ponds. It 
may yet be found in suitable localities, and should be carefully looked for in the 
southern marshes (see Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Jan. 1880, p. 31). 
Family AKDEIDxE. — Herons. 
Genus Ardea, Linnaeus. 
217. A. occidentals, Aud. Great White Heron; Wiirdemann’s Heron.* 
A rare summer visitant to the southern part of the state (Mt. Carmel, Septem- 
ber, 1876). 
*218. A. herodias, Linn. Great Blue Heron. Summer sojourner. A few 
remain in mild winters. 
Genus Herodias, Boie. 
*219. II. alba egretta (Gmel.) Ridgw. American Egret. Chiefly a sum- 
mer visitant, but breeding in the southern counties. Popularly known as the 
“ White Crane.” Sometimes abundant late in summer. 
Genus Garzetta, Kaup. 
*220. G. candidissima (Gm.) Bp. Snowy Heron. ^ Chiefly a summer vis- 
itant, but breeding southward. 
Genus Dichromanassa, Ridgway. 
221. D. rufa (Bodd.) Ridgw. Reddish Egret. A summer visitant (pos- 
sibly breeding) in the extreme southern portion of the state (see Nelson, Bull 
Essex. Inst., IX., 1877, p. 60). 
Genus Florida, Baird. 
*222. F. ccerulea (Linn.) Baird. Little Blue Heron. Summer sojourner in 
southern part of the state, where sometimes exceedingly abundant in latter part 
of summer. 
Genus Butorides, Blyth. 
/ *223. B. virescens (Linn.) Bp. Green Heron. Summer sojourner. A well- 
known, widely distributed species, enjoying the inelegant but expressive sobri- 
quet of “ Schytepoke,” in addition to its other names of “ Poke,” “ Fly-up-the- 
creek,” etc. 
Genus Nyctiardea, Swainson. 
*224. N. grisea ncevia (Bodd.) Allen. Black-crowned Night Heron. Res- 
ident southward, at least in mild winters; summer sojourner northward. 
Familiar names of this species are “ Quawk,” “Squawk,” “Quaw Bird,” &c. 
*See Bulletin of the U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 
vol. iv, No. 1, pp. 227-37, for remarks bearing upon the probable identity of Ardea oc- 
cidentalis, Aud., and A. w.urdemanni, Baird. 
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