31 
1879. 
Nyeteardoa grisea nivea. 
Middlesex County^ Mass, 
May 12. 
Started four in yellow pines near Prospect Street 
Belmont. Within the last few years they have almosg 
deserted their haunts in the Fresh Pond swamps and have 
sought new asylums in secluded pine woods on upland, of¬ 
ten far distant from any water. The first resort'of 
this ehareter noted was Prof.Lowell’s place whore they 
established a Herony several years since. In the su- 
tumn of 1876 they wore found among the cedars in Water- 
town by Frazar; in the same place in the v^inter of 1879 
by Spelraan; and in April 1879 in the Pine woods on 
Waverly Hill, also by Spelman. Their wintering here 
has become an established habit and they may nov^ be 
found in small numbers at any time of the year. Those 
that pass the summer are, however, barren birds, and no 
ease of their nesting in this vicinity has come to my 
kno\irledge since 1864. Dr.Brev/er tells me that 
he visited a herony in the Fresh Pond sv/amps and found 
many nests containing eggsthough the birds were then much 
persecuted and their numbers greatly reduced. /v-^4!h^e He 
rons are now most numerous hers in autumn when there is^ 
ai^vident mi gration from the north. ^ 
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