. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. 29 '63. Ardea herodias Lmn. Urkat Blue Herom. CoiumoD migrant throughout the southera part of the State, breeding abun- dantly in suitable localities north of the latitude of Indianapolis. Mr. Ridgway also informs me that it breeds in Knox and Gibson counties. It may occasionally. Great Blue Heron. breed throughout the Wabash Valley. I have never heard of its breeding on the Whitewater, although it Ins b«en reported as breeding on the "Great Miami" (Langdon Revised List, Jouru. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., .Jan. 1879, p. 17). Tliey usually breed
. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. 29 '63. Ardea herodias Lmn. Urkat Blue Herom. CoiumoD migrant throughout the southera part of the State, breeding abun- dantly in suitable localities north of the latitude of Indianapolis. Mr. Ridgway also informs me that it breeds in Knox and Gibson counties. It may occasionally. Great Blue Heron. breed throughout the Wabash Valley. I have never heard of its breeding on the Whitewater, although it Ins b«en reported as breeding on the "Great Miami" (Langdon Revised List, Jouru. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., .Jan. 1879, p. 17). Tliey usually breed in communities of greater or number l^nown as "heronries," bnt occasionally are found erecting solitary nests. They have been reported also as breeding in the following counties: Vigo (Evermann), Lake (Meyer), Allen (Stoekbridge), Porter (Trouslot), Steuben (McBride), Dekalb (McBride), Starke (Deane, Dury), Clinton (Ghere). It is probible some may winter, in mild winters, within the State. They migrate very early, usually in March and April, and return. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Butler, Amos W. (Amos William), 1860-1937. [S. l. : s. n.
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