. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . Ardea tricolor ruficollis. Is common in the Gulf States, extending to Mexico, Central America,and the West Indies, accidental northward to New Jersey. It is a common species in Florida, breeding in bushes near water. Theeggs are usually four or five, pale blue in color. 2S6 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF p-LORIDA. Subgenus, FLORIDA Baird. ARDEA CCERULEA Blue Heron. _«aifcS*^«%a&-^ ^. (Adult.) Adult: Head and neck purplish red or maroon, rest of plumagegrayish blue ; bill black atthe end ;

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. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . Ardea tricolor ruficollis. Is common in the Gulf States, extending to Mexico, Central America,and the West Indies, accidental northward to New Jersey. It is a common species in Florida, breeding in bushes near water. Theeggs are usually four or five, pale blue in color. 2S6 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF p-LORIDA. Subgenus, FLORIDA Baird. ARDEA CCERULEA Blue Heron. _«aifcS*^«%a&-^ ^. (Adult.) Adult: Head and neck purplish red or maroon, rest of plumagegrayish blue ; bill black atthe end ; basal portion and loral space blue ; legs and feet black. Immature birds are pure white, except a faint wash of grayish blue near the tip of the pri-maries ; legs olive or yellowish and the basal half of the bill greenish. This species is sometimes confounded with the Snowy Egret, but may easily be distinguishedfrom that species by the slight wash of blue on the ends of the primaries and by the color ofthe legs and bill. Length about 23 : Wing, 11 ; Tarsus,

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