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The Egret in Pl ymou th County , Mass. — On July 27, 1911, I saw 
two Egrets (Herodias egretta) in the salt marsh near the mouth of North 
River, which is the boundary between the towns of Marshfield and Seituate 
on the south shore of Massachusetts. They were catching fish, and 
permitted a fairly near approach. Neither had plumes. They were still 
at North River on August 6. 
On July 30 I saw an Egret in the southern part of the town of Plymouth. 
This bird was catching frogs and fish at a small pond but a short distance 
from farm buildings. When I startled him, he flew up into a hillside 
pasture close by. The tall white wader presented a striking and unique 
appearance as he stood up “ straight as a major ” in the huckleberry 
bushes on the hot sunny hillside. He was quite fearless and soon flew 
down to resume feeding in the ditch of a near-by cranberry bog. 
On July 22 Mr. F. D. Lyon of Halifax saw at a pond-bottom in his 
town another Egret which, like the three birds already noted, was plumeless. 
Thus within 10 days four Egrets were noted in Plymouth County, at 
points rather widely separated, the North River being over 25 miles from 
the South Plymouth pond and over 12 miles from the Halifax pond-bottom, 
while this latter point is over 20 miles from the south Plymouth locality. 
Halifax lies eight miles inland; the South Plymouth pond is within two or 
three miles of the sea. 
I am informed on good authority that an Egret was seen about 10 years 
ago at North River. Mr. Thomas W. Graves of Plymouth tells me that 
he also saw an Egret at Yarmouth on Cape Cod a number of years ago. 
This bird had the plumes.— J. A. Farley, Plymouth, Mass. 
Ank 28.0efr-19!l p. 
Egrets (Herodias egretta) in Massachusetts.— On August 9, 1911, 
I secured an Egret from a flock of six on the Eastham Marshes of Cape Cod! 
Ihe birds had been feeding far out on the open mud flats, but luckily for 
me approached some “ hummocks " of grass behind which I was able to 
stalk them. Mr. Matthew Luce, who has a house commanding a fine 
view of the marsh, had been seeing them intermittently since about July 21, 
and on several occasions approached within a few yards of them. Walter 
Nickerson, the game warden, had also been watching them and said they 
always roosted together in a certain tree at a nearby Night Heron colony_ 
Stanley Cobb, Milton, Mass. 
A0k aa.Oot-1911 p. 
