. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . , black; feet, and space at base of bill, orange;iris, yellow, fig. 121. Tem-perate and tropical Amer-ica from N. J. south to theArgentine Republic andChili; casually as far northas Nova Scotia. Now riotcommon anywhere in theU. S. d. Dichromic Egrets. |Dicliromanassa. Size, medium. Backplumes well developed withseparated, lengthened,straight, stiffened, barbs; head and neck without plumes butare provided with lengthened, lanceolate, slightly curledfeathers. Color, white, reddish or mixed. Wing-beats,about as in b. Nests, placed in low tree
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . , black; feet, and space at base of bill, orange;iris, yellow, fig. 121. Tem-perate and tropical Amer-ica from N. J. south to theArgentine Republic andChili; casually as far northas Nova Scotia. Now riotcommon anywhere in theU. S. d. Dichromic Egrets. |Dicliromanassa. Size, medium. Backplumes well developed withseparated, lengthened,straight, stiffened, barbs; head and neck without plumes butare provided with lengthened, lanceolate, slightly curledfeathers. Color, white, reddish or mixed. Wing-beats,about as in b. Nests, placed in low trees. 1. REDDISH EGRET. D. rufa. ; bill, ; plainslate-gray; head and neck rufous tinged with violet; bill,black with basal half and space in front of eye, bright i)ur-ple: iris, white; feet, blue-black. Young, plain grayish,tinged with light rusty. Resident in southern Fla. main-ly on the extreme southern and western coasts west alongthe Gulf coast to Texas and both coasts of Mexico and Guat-emala ; Andros, Bahamas; in summer wandering north to. DIRECTOKY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMKRICA. 107 f. Blue and White Herons. Florida. Rather small herons with lanceolate plumes on neck andback and slightly filamentous ones on head. Colors, blueand white, fig. 123. Gregarious at all times, but solitary in- Ficr. 123.
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