SNOWY HERON. 
LITTLE WHITE EGRET. SMALL WHITE HERON. 
Ardea CANDTDTSSIMA. 
Char. Plumage pure white ; crest long, with numerous elongated 
hair-like plumes extending down the back of the neck ; plumes on the 
breast and back long and hair-like, those of the back reaching to the end 
of the tail or beyond, and recurved at the tips. ( Ihese plumes are worn 
only during the nesting season, and are not seen on young birds. ) Bill 
black, yellow at the base ; legs black, feet yellow'. Length 20 to 27 
inches. 
Nest. With a community; placed usually on a low cedar or willow, 
a mere platform of dry twigs. 
Eggs. 2-5 (usually 4) ; greenish blue : 1.85 X 1.25- 
This elegant Heron, so nearly related to the little Egret of 
Europe, inhabits the marshes and sw'amps of the sea-coast 
nearly from the isthmus of Darien to the estuary of the St. 
Lawrence, generally omitting, however, the maritime range of 
