Annual report . claim to a place inthe New York list rests ona single specimen shot nearPatchogue in the summer of1836 [Giraud, Birds of LongIsland, p. 282].. Louisiana heron. Hydranassa tricolor ruficollis(Gosse). From specimen in State Museum. J nat. size Florida caerulea (Linnaeus) Little Blue Heron Ardea caerulea Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10. 1758. 1:143 DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 222A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. i8qq. No. 200 jlorida, named for the state; caerulea, Lat., blue Description. Adult: Usual phase slaty blue, becoming purplish chest-nut or maroon colored on the head and neck
Annual report . claim to a place inthe New York list rests ona single specimen shot nearPatchogue in the summer of1836 [Giraud, Birds of LongIsland, p. 282].. Louisiana heron. Hydranassa tricolor ruficollis(Gosse). From specimen in State Museum. J nat. size Florida caerulea (Linnaeus) Little Blue Heron Ardea caerulea Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10. 1758. 1:143 DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 222A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. i8qq. No. 200 jlorida, named for the state; caerulea, Lat., blue Description. Adult: Usual phase slaty blue, becoming purplish chest-nut or maroon colored on the head and neck; base of bill and bare loralspace blue; tip of bill and legs black; eyes yellow. Young (and sometimesadults): Pure white, the longer quills tipped with bluish slate. Speci-mens varied with patches of white are not uncommon. In the young,the legs, feet and lores are mostly greenish yellow, usually showing sometrace of bluish. Distinguishing marks. The slaty blue wing tips and the greenish yellow legs distinguish the white phase of this bird from the Snowy heron 26o NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM
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