THE SNOWY EGRET 
By T. GILBERT PEARSON 
The National Association of Audubon Societies 
Educational Leaflet No. 54 
Among the Herons of North America are four species that are white. 
The largest is the Great White Heron of southern Florida, the West 
A SNOWY EGRET IN THE NESTING-COLONY ON THE AUDUBON BIRD RESERVATION 
AT ORANGE LAKE. FLORIDA 
Photographed by 0. E. Baynard 
Indies, and elsewhere. The Little Blue Heron is white until it is two 
years old, and possibly in some cases longer. Then there are the two 
Egrets, the large species, standing over three feet high, and the small 
one, which is about the size of the Little Blue and is known as the 
Snowy Egret. 
Both species of Egrets bear plumes on their backs that are highly 
esteemed by the feather-trade, and are known by the Erench trade- 
name “aigrettes.” These feathers on the large Egret are a foot or more 
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