EGRET. 
196. Herodias egretta. 41 inches. 
This is our most beautiful pure white Heron; one which has 
persistently been hunted for its beautiful plumes for millinery 
purposes. They usually breed in colonies with several others of 
the Heron family. 
Nest. —Is generally a frail platform in small trees or bushes 
over the water in which they lay three or four light bluish 
green colored eggs (2.25 x 1.45). Breeds in Oregon and Cali¬ 
fornia. 
SNOWY EGRET. 
197. Egretta candidissima. 24 inches. 
Plumage white; in breeding season with numerous recurved 
plumes growing from the middle of the back; long crest of 
plumes on back of the head, and on the breast. Bill black, 
greenish at the base; legs black and feet yellow. With the pro¬ 
tection which has been placed on these birds and the large 
breeding places in their favorite locations made into Govern¬ 
ment reservations we hope to see these become more abundant 
within a few years. Their nesting habits are the same as 
above, only the eggs are smaller (1.80 x 1.25). 
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