Q.&O. IX. Aug.1884. p. 
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A Trip to a Heronry. (O. anti O. IX p 30.) I notice 
in O. and O. for July a piece entitled “ A Trip to a Heron¬ 
ry,” by H. A. Talbot, of this city. He says: “ Several 
Snowy Herons w ere seen, but we could not get a shot at 
them.” The study of R. I. birds has been one of consid¬ 
erable interest to me for twelve years, and I know of no 
authenticated instance of the capture of the Snowy Her¬ 
on during this period. Still it is not improbable that they 
may occur. During the past eight years two young little 
Blue Herons have been shot and sent to me, and at the 
time of the capture of the latter more were seen. These 
birds look precisely like the Snowy Heron and especially at 
a distance. The distinguishing marks are slight bluish tips 
to the wings. Last year (’83) there was quite a flight of 
American Egrets. These two species appeared in summer, 
July and August. As Mr. Talbot did not succeed in ob¬ 
taining a Snowy Heron, which with a limited experience 
might easily be confounded with the other two mentioned, 
I think his occurrence must be annulled as a R. I. record. 
—Fred T . Jencks , Providence , R . I . 
