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Snowy TIeron —(Arcleci candidissima). 
A small, beautiful, crested, pure white heron, with about fifty recurved 
“aigrette” plumes on the back during the breeding season. The bill and legs 
are black and the lores and feet yellow. Becoming exceedingly rare, because 
killed in the breeding seasou. , 
Breeds in tropical and warmer temperate America, northward, formerly 
to New Jersey. Winters southward to Florida. Formerly reported to have 
bred in southern New Jersey. 
Louisiana Heron— ( Ardea tricolor ruficollis). 
A small, southern, bluish-slate-colored heron, with white belly and throat 
line and purplish crest and nock. The white rump is concealed by elongated 
purplish-white-tipped “aigrette” plumes, reaching to the tail. 
Breeds in tropical and warm temperate North America. Very rare strag¬ 
gler from the south. 
Little Blue Heron— ( Ardea, cwrulea). 
A small, common, bluish-slate-colored heron, with the head and neck slightly 
purplish. The lower neck and back feathers are lengthened and sharply 
pointed. The legs and feet are black. 
Breeds in tropical and warm temperate North America. Winters in Florida, 
southward. Rare straggler from the south. Many years it bred in Cape May 
county, New Jersey. 
Green Heron—( Ardea virescens ). 
A common, small, dark-chestnut-bodied, greenish-backed and crowned heron, 
with white, in streaks, down the front from the chin to the lower breast. This 
solitary heron is found more frequently in wooded borders of streams and 
ponds than in open places, and is most active in the morning and evening. 
Breeds in temperate North America, northward to Ontario. Winters in 
middle and southern South America. Very common summer resident, dis¬ 
tributed everywhere along the coast and in the interior. 
Black-crowned Night LIeron—( N ycticorax nycticorax 
ncevius ). 
A common, stout-billed, night-flying, bluish-gray lierou, with the crown and 
back greenish-black. The crown is furnished with two or three slender plumes. 
Breeds in whole of North America, except extreme north. Winters mainly 
south of the Middle States. Very common summer resident, occurring along 
all the large streams inland, but is rarer on the coast. 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron— (Nycticorax violciceus). 
A common, crested and plumed, stout-billed, night-flying, grayish-blue heron, 
with a huffy crown, white cheeks and mainly white plumes on an otherwise 
black head. The neck and lower parts are lighter than the back. The long, 
loose feathers of the back extend beyond the tail. 
Breeds in tropical and subtropical America, northward to North Carolina, 
and casually farther. Very rare straggler from the south. 
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