. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . 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. ~^%S^sS dividuals are not infre-quently seen in winter. LITTLE BLUE HERON, F. CAERULA. ; bill, ; darkslaty-blue; head andneck, maroon, more o^less tinged with bluish, y- fig. 123. This is ths^^-^l-usual plumage, but ^^^ ^ ^ some specimens are Z-^S=«-^^^==-s=l-^?^55^~
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . 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. ~^%S^sS dividuals are not infre-quently seen in winter. LITTLE BLUE HERON, F. CAERULA. ; bill, ; darkslaty-blue; head andneck, maroon, more o^less tinged with bluish, y- fig. 123. This is ths^^-^l-usual plumage, but ^^^ ^ ^ some specimens are Z-^S=«-^^^==-s=l-^?^55^~—^c^^^^white with tips of pri- i, 13, f, 1. 1-8. maries bluish, while others occur in all stages of mixed dressbetween the white and blue. Young always white with tipsof primaries bluish, without the plumes. Iris, yellow, bill,black; basal half, space in front of eye, and feet, U. S. from X. J., 111., and Kan. southward throughthe Bahamas (where not common), the AVest Indies to north-ern S. A.; casually north on the Atlantic coast to Mass. and Fi^. 124.
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