. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . collected in Kalamazoo county,August 6, 1877, and is in the collection^of G. B. Sudworth. The speciesis not mentioned in the lists of Boies, Trombley, Miles, Steere, Hughes,Sager, Cabot or Stockwell. Butler states that It is a notcommon migrant and summer resident in the southern part of the state;breeding locally in the lower Wabash Valle3^ Mr. R
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . collected in Kalamazoo county,August 6, 1877, and is in the collection^of G. B. Sudworth. The speciesis not mentioned in the lists of Boies, Trombley, Miles, Steere, Hughes,Sager, Cabot or Stockwell. Butler states that It is a notcommon migrant and summer resident in the southern part of the state;breeding locally in the lower Wabash Valle3^ Mr. Ridgway saj^s that itbred in Knox and Gibson counties, and J. A. Balmer says that althoughthey varied in numbers from year to year they were quite constant summerresidents in Knox county. In 1890 they were common about Swans so far as known is their most northern breeding ground. Afterbreeding they roam over the country, soon extending their journeys, asmay be gathered by reported occurrences, into Michigan, Ontario, andManitoba (Birds of Indiana, 1897, 662). Kumlien & Hollister say Arare and irregular visitor from the south during August and late years very rare. We have never been able to trace a capture of. From Bird Fig. 34Lore. Lesser Egret.;. (Courtesy of Frank ) 142 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. the Snowy Heron north of Milwaukee, Madison, and LaCrosse (Birdsof Wisconsin, p. 35). This bird is said to migrate by day as well as by night, and it usuallytravels in compact flocks, often of fifty or even one hundred Florida, where it formerly nested in abundance in low trees, it laidthree or four eggs, which are similar in color to those of the other herons,but possibly a Httle greener. The eggs average by inches. The history of the persecution of this bird in the Gulf states is very sadreading. Formerly one of the most abundant of water birds it has beenfollowed from place to place and driven from the more accessible nestingplace
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