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Ardea ccerulea, not A. candidissima: A Correction. In ‘The Auk,’ 
Vol. XVII, Jan., 1900, p. 69, I recorded Ardea candidissima from Long 
Island. The record was due to an error in identification, and should refer 
to A. ccerulea. The two birds to which reference was made were imma¬ 
ture specimens in captivity ; and a subsequent spring moult (in March) to 
the blue plumage, of which I have been fortunately informed by their 
possessor, Mr. Daniel De Mott of East Rockaway, renders them unques¬ 
tionably referable to Ardea ccerulea. 
From the present instance, as well as that of their occurrence in the 
summer of 1900, on Long Island, later referred to, it appears that these 
birds are apt to occur with us in summer and early autumn in flocks com¬ 
posed entirely of white, or immature, birds. This fact should prevent a 
hasty inference that any flock of small white herons must be Ardea candi¬ 
dissima. Furthermore, unless the conditions for observation were ex¬ 
tremely favorable, the dark blue at the tips of the primaries of A. ccerulea 
would not be visible. For example, I may cite the fact that in both 
instances of the occurrence of this species, as related above, the birds 
secured were described to me by their respective captors as being alto¬ 
gether white, without other color, except as to their feet and bills. I 
should therefore be unwilling to trust to the color of the wing tips as a 
field mark. I mention these details in order that they may possibly be of 
advantage to other observers. 
The occurrence of the Little Blue Heron on LongTsland in the summer 
of 1900 is recorded on account of finding an immature (white) bird of this 
species in the shop of Mr. Willis of Freeport, which had been shot, to¬ 
gether with others, on Hempstead Bay. Mr. Albert Lott of Freeport 
mounted this bird and confirmed the history of it. Mr. Lott thought the 
bird was brought to him in August, but of the exact date he was uncer¬ 
tain. The gunner who secured this bird stated that there were no darker 
birds in the flock ; that all were white birds. 
Auk, XIX, April., 1902, p. £>• 
