THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 19 
Birds of Wisconsin, Kumlein and Hollister—1903—Twenty-five to 
fifty years ago the American Egret was a common bird on larger marshes 
and swamps bordering inland lakes and rivers; now only a very few visit 
Lake Koshkonong each year. Found breeding in colony of Great Blue 
Herons west of Iwo Rivers, Wisconsin, June, 1880. 
Birds of Lake County, Illinois, H. K. Coale—1912—No records 
known of American Egret. 
Little Blue Heron, immature in white plumage, not quoted by E. W. 
Nelson or F. M. Woodruff. Kumlein and Hollister, rare accidental strag- 
gler. Single individual shot on Root River, Racine County, August 24, 
1848, by Dr. P. R. Hoy. A single wing of decomposed specimen found on 
Lake Koshkonong was preserved by ‘IT’. Kumlein in the early fifties. Both 
were young birds in white plumage. These are believed to be the only 
records for Wisconsin. Not quoted by H. K. Coale. 
Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin—Chas. B. Cory—1909—Little Blue 
Heron not uncommon in late summer in Southern Illinois. American Egret 
—rather common summer visitant to Northern Illinois. 
North American Birds, Robert Ridgway—1900—Little Blue Heron, 
habitat north to Illinois. American Egret—nearly whole North America 
to Canada. 
Birds of Indiana, A. W. Butler—1897—Little Blue Heron, summer 
resident in lower Wabash Valley. American Egret regular summer resident. 
Life Histories, North American Marsh Birds, A. C. Bent—1926— 
Little Blue Heron casual records Illinois and Wisconsin. American Egret 
breeding range, Wisconsin (‘wo Rivers), Indiana, Wolf Lake (Kouts). 
Mr. O. J. Gromme states that a party from the Public Museum of 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were out on a field trip to a small lake not far 
from Milwaukee, where they observed four immature Little Blue Heron 
feeding in the lake. While they were watching these birds, three of them 
suddenly took wing and flew away, while the fourth one seemed unable to 
get up from the water and was apparently held down. They rushed to the 
bird’s assistance and found a snapping turtle had hold of its foot. “The 
bird was rescued and banded, being the first of these species to be banded 
in Wisconsin. Mr. Gromme further reports that he is tempted to obtain 
snapping turtles for bird-banding purposes. 
Another small group of immature herons was reported just a little 
north of Port Washington, Wisconsin. 
“Items of Interest”? of the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, 
published August 6, 1930, by Dr. John B. May, states: “Indications point 
to another large flight of White Herons this summer. I have received re- 
ports of White Herons from more than twenty-five persons or places in 
New England, including every state east of Vermont. In most cases the 
birds were immature Little Blue Herons, though in some reports the 
American Egrets were identified.” 
