minutes apparently recovered from his tumble. I was cer¬ 
tainly well repaid for arising early, if only to see the most 
wonderful blend of coloring on this bird. 
Pink and chestnut, blue and white. For all I have known 
these birds all my life, I had no idea they were so beautifully 
colored, and then to think of having a live kingfisher in one’s 
hand, really on speaking terms with him. This is the life. 
W. G. F. 
American Egret in Salem Great Pastures 
On August 15, 1918, while riding on the train between 
Boston and Salem, I caught a glimpse of a large white heron 
flying over a small marsh, which lies on the Salem side of 
Thompson’s Meadow, and is separated from it by a narrow, 
rocky ridge. It then being late afternoon, I made arrange¬ 
ments with three friends to visit the marsh early the following 
morning and after meeting at an appointed place soon after 
daylight, we proceeded with great care along the railroad 
embankment from which we had a most excellent view of 
both the meadow and the marsh. The bird, which proved 
to be an American Egret, was quietly fishing the marsh, over 
which I had seen him flying the afternoon before, and while 
at first he did not seem to mind our presence, and we were 
less than fifty yards distant, he soon became wary, and when 
we began to move around, flew first into a tree and then off 
over the pastures and was lost to view. 
He must however have returned to the marsh shortly after 
we left, as I again saw him from the train window when on 
my way to Boston, but that same evening he had apparently 
gone and I saw him no more. During that same week I heard 
a report of a large white heron at Phillips Beach, about five 
miles distant, but was unable to locate the person who saw it. 
R. L. 
The Connecticut Warbler 
The Connecticut warbler was first put on the list of the 
Ipswich River trip of The Essex County Ornithological Club 
on May 17, 1919. 
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