. North American birds eggs . I Light bluish green.] 197. Snowy Heron. Egretta Range.—Common nowonly in restricted local-ities in the Gulf States and Mexico. This species, wdiich is smaller than the last,being but twenty-four inches in length, is alsoadorned with aigrettes, but they are beauti-fully recurved at the tips. Owing to the merci-less slaughter to which they have been subject-ed, their ranks have been woefully decimated,and it is to be hopetl that the remaining onesmay be safely protected. Their nesting habitsare the same as the last, although, of course,the eggs are
. North American birds eggs . I Light bluish green.] 197. Snowy Heron. Egretta Range.—Common nowonly in restricted local-ities in the Gulf States and Mexico. This species, wdiich is smaller than the last,being but twenty-four inches in length, is alsoadorned with aigrettes, but they are beauti-fully recurved at the tips. Owing to the merci-less slaughter to which they have been subject-ed, their ranks have been woefully decimated,and it is to be hopetl that the remaining onesmay be safely protected. Their nesting habitsare the same as the last, although, of course,the eggs are smaller. Size x 198. Reddish Egret. Dichromanassa -In the United States, thisconfined chieHy to the Gulf (Light greenish blue. isStates. It is somewhat larger than the lastspecies, the head and neck are ruf(ms, thebody is bluish gray, and the back isadorned with slender gray plumes. Italso has a wdiite phase. This Egret isvery abundant along the whole Gulfcoast, but especially so in Texas. Theirnesting habits are identical with those ofthe other small Herons and Egrets. Thethree or four eggs are rather of a moregreenish blue than the preceding. X Data.—Gainesville, Florida, Aprill4, 1894. Three eggs. Nest of sticks and straw in a button-wood treeuvofeet above the water. Collector, George Graham. North American Birds Eogs. 97 199. Louisiana Heron. Hydranuitsd triroJor ruficoUif<. Range.—Sul)tropical America, nortli regularly to the Gulf States and casuallylartlier. This Heron is ofahout the sizeof the Reddish Egret, hutthe neck is longer, moreslender and dark, while the chin, throat andunderparts a
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