Night Herons Breeding on the Marsh 
While collecting on the marsh I noticed 
many Night Herons, and enquired of the 
hunters and trappers if they found any 
nests in the trees on the islands in the 
marsh, but they did not, but had found the 
nesting place on the marsh. I went for 
them with a boy for guide. We rowed up 
a channel as near the place as possible, 
when they began to leave their nests in 
the grass and rushes. When forty rods 
off we left the boat and waded. The bogs 
are a kind of floating sod, with two or 
three feet of mud and water under them, 
and sink at each step. The first nest was 
in the rushes and built of rushes, about 
one foot high and about the same width, 
with just hollow enough to keep the eggs 
from rolling out. Other nests were in the 
grass, but most of them were in the cat 
tail flags, in holes which had been burned 
in the dry time. The nests in the flags 
were built of pieces of flags, both leaves 
and stalk. Those in the grass were built 
of rushes and flags. The nests con¬ 
tained from one to five eggs each, but 
mostly three—two sets of five and a num¬ 
ber with four. I took about forty set that 
day—the larger sets were incubated, but 
about half were fresh. I went a second 
time to the marsh and got a lot of eggs.— 
Delos Hatch, Oak r.l8B3.p. J ^ 
On a Collection of Eggs from 
Georgia, H.B. Bailey, 
85 . Nyctiardea grisea naevia. Night Heron.— Nests 
eggs four, sometimes five. April 14 . 
Bull. N.O.G? 8, Jam 1883, P.4S 
in trees; 
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