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placed on the south-west side of mangrove islands, but 
were farther apart from each other, some being only 
about a foot above high-water mark, while others were 
in the very tops of the trees, which, however, scarcely 
exceeded twenty feet in height. In some inland swamps 
in Louisiana, I saw them placed on the tops of tall 
cypress trees, about one hundred feet high, and along 
with Ardea Horodias , and Ardea Alba.” 
I have felt myself compelled in this instance to deviate 
from the arrangement of Mr. Yarrell, for I cannot see any 
sufficient reason why this bird should be separated from 
those species to which it is so intimately allied. 
