Little Blue Heron in Massachusetts.— The Boston Society of Natural 
History has recently acquired for its New England Collection, a fine speci¬ 
men of the Little Blue Heron (Florida cob ruled). It was shot by Mr. Ben¬ 
jamin Pease on Chappaquiddick Island, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, 
on April 14, 1904. The morning when the bird was shot was cold, the 
ponds were skimmed with ice, and a snow-storm came two hours after the 
bird’s capture. The specimen is unsexed and is in the blue and maroon 
plumage. I am indebted to Mr. C. W. Johnson, curator of the Society, for 
permission to record the above facts.— Glover M. Allen, Cambridge , 
Mass. Auk, XXil, Jan., 1905 , p . 77 
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Little Blue Heron ( Florida ccerulea) at Lynn, Mass. — On April 29 -, 
30 a bird of this species was seen about a small overflowed bog on a farm 
known as the Fay estate, near the Salem line. The bird was very tame, 
and gave us fine opportunities for study; at times it was watched at a range 
of 200 ft. with a four power field glass. Points noted were the even slaty 
blue of the body above and below; the fine maroon tint on the head and 
neck; neck long and much less in diameter than that of the Green Heron; 
legs long, slender, and dark in color; bill blue next the head, black at point. 
On April 30 , it was also observed by Mr. Charles Norton.— Arthur P. 
Stubbs, Lynn, Mass. A«k aly , 1013 . 
