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is of casual occurrence on St. Vincent, the Grenadines, and Grenada. 
In October, 1903, one of them could be seen almost every day about 
the mouth of the Richmond River, St. Vincent. 
Wells gives it as uncommon on Carriacou, but he never found it 
on Grenada, although Ober took a specimen there. 
Ober in his account of this bird in Grenada must have had in 
mind the immature of Florida caeridea (caemdescens) . The 
Snowy Heron by no means occurs in “abundance,” nor is it second 
to JButorides virescens (maculata) in point of numbers. 
Florida caerulea caerulescens (Lath.). Blue Gaulding ; 
White Gaulding ; Little Blue Heron. — St. Vincent, owing to 
the absence of swamps, offers but few attractions to birds of this 
class. The Blue Gaulding is, however, occasionally seen along the 
shores, especially about the bases of the cliffs on the leeward coast, 
in the vicinity of Young’s Island, near Calliaqua, and about the 
mouth of the Richmond River, on the now barren ground. 
On the Grenadines this bird is common, being, in fact, the most 
abundant of all the herons. It is particularly numerous in the 
swamps at Harvey Vale, Carriacou. 
On Grenada this heron is found everywhere on the seacoast and 
in all the swamps. It is mainly a maritime species in these islands, 
and subsists largely upon fish, which it is very expert in catching. 
It is generally seen feeding out on a coral reef, or in the shallow 
water near shore. After heavy rains, however, it frequents the 
low-lying pastures, and is very common about the Beausejour and 
Harvey Vale Flats, Carriacou. 
Its flight is particularly strong, and it is often seen high in air 
passing from one small island to another. 
I was unable to find any nests of this species in the swamps on 
Carriacou, as it usually breeds on the small islets off the coast. 
The nest is loosely constructed of dry sticks, and often several 
are placed on the same tree. The eggs are two, sometimes three, 
rarely four in number, and are bluish green. 
Butorides virescens maculata (Bodd.). Gaulding ; Little 
Crabier ; Hyallee ; Green Bittern. — I have referred the Green 
Bitterns of these islands (as has Mr. Riley, : 04b), to Boddaert’s 
Cancroma maculata (Boddaert, Table pi. enl., p. 54, 1783, Le 
Crabier tachete de la Martinique, PI. enl., 912) as West Indian 
specimens agree in being smaller than those from North America, 
