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although there appears to be no difference whatever in color in per¬ 
fectly fresh examples. The differences in size are apparent from 
the following table. The measurements are in millimeters. 
Butorides virescens maculata. 
Sex. 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
? 
2 
9 
$ 
3 
3 
Locality. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
Culmen. 
Barbados 
157 
63 
43 
57 
u 
163 
62 
49 
58 
It 
162 
54 
47 
53 
a 
165 
59 
46 
57 
“ juv. 
163 
65 
46 
52 
u 
160 
46 
47 
55 
u 
177 
62 
48 
57 
a 
160 
65 
46 
60 
u juv. 
142 
48 
46 
46 
Bequia 
164 
68 
50 
60 
a 
169 
68 
48 
59 
Carriacou 
160 
60 
46 
57 
Grenada 
171 
64 
49 
56 
Butorides virescens 
virescens. 
Way land, Mass 
181 
70 
51 
63 
a u 
167 
68 
48 
62 
u u 
176 
66 
50 
56 
u u 
juv. 168 
66 
50 
50 
St. Mary’s, Ga. 
186 
71 
48 
58 
it it 
181 
76 
51 
61 
It It 
173 
63 
51 
60 
Florida 
180 
73 
48 
63 
U 
180 
61 
51 
64 
Barbados this bird is fairly common in plan 
es where 
it is not 
3 
2 
2 
? 
3 
2 
2 
3 
3 
disturbed. Col. Feilden says he has started as many as a dozen 
from a single tree in Valentia swamp at one time. It breeds in the 
grounds of Codrington college, about Joe’s River, St. Joseph, and 
in parts of St. Andrew’s. At other points it is not abundant, and, 
owing to constant persecution, has become very shy. 
On St. Vincent the Green Gaulding is not very numerous, and is 
found mainly along the lower reaches of the rivers, sometimes along 
the seacoast. 
It occurs on all the Grenadines, being most common on Carriacou, 
at Harvey Vale, and is the most abundant heron on Grenada. 
It nests in May, June, and July, the nest and eggs being exactly 
like those of this species in the north. 
