. Distribution and migration of North American herons and their allies . o weeks earlier than usual (Wayne) ; Rodney, Miss.,April 16, 1888 (Mabbett). At places where the birds do not winterthe first arrived in the spring as follows: Tallahassee, Fla., March25, 1901 (Williams) ; New Orleans, La., March 11, 1894 (Beyer) ;Rodney, Miss., March 23, 1889, and March 21, 1890 (Mabbett). Demi-Egret. Hydranassa tricolor tricolor (Muller). The typical form, tricolor, is restricted to the Guianas and Brazil,occurring in the latter country south to Cajutuba and Garape (Pel-zeln). Little Blue Heron. Florida
. Distribution and migration of North American herons and their allies . o weeks earlier than usual (Wayne) ; Rodney, Miss.,April 16, 1888 (Mabbett). At places where the birds do not winterthe first arrived in the spring as follows: Tallahassee, Fla., March25, 1901 (Williams) ; New Orleans, La., March 11, 1894 (Beyer) ;Rodney, Miss., March 23, 1889, and March 21, 1890 (Mabbett). Demi-Egret. Hydranassa tricolor tricolor (Muller). The typical form, tricolor, is restricted to the Guianas and Brazil,occurring in the latter country south to Cajutuba and Garape (Pel-zeln). Little Blue Heron. Florida caerulca (Linnaeus). The little blue heron is common throughout tropical America,breeding north to South Carolina (formerly to New Jersey), Arkan-sas, and central Mexico, and south to Argentina and Peru; haswandered to Nova Scotia, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. The little blue heron is one of the commoner herons now found inthe southern United States, and is most common in Florida and inthe immediate vicinity of the Gulf coast, thence to Texas. Along LITTLE BLUE HERON. 53. Fiq. 18.—Little blue heron (Florida caerulea) 54 NORTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR ALLIES, the Atlantic coast the bird breeds commonly as far north as Charles-ton, S. C. (Wayne), Orton, Brunswick County, N. C, 1911 (Brimley),and used to be common as a breeder even to Currituck Sound, N. C.(White). In Wilsons time a few nested near Cape May, N. J. Thisheron penetrated inland to breed to a greater extent than many ofthe species and has been known to nest near Chester, S. C. (Looinis) ;Greensboro, Ala. (Avery) ; on the Mississippi River as far north asOsceola, Ark. (Richardon); and in Texas as far as Texarkana (Ober-holser), and Long Lake (Oberholser). The breeding range extends along the eastern coast of Mexico andon the western coast north to San Bias, Tepic (Nelson); thencethroughout Central America and northern South America south toSanta Elena, Uruguay (Aplin); Mercedes, Argentina (Burmeister);and Tumbez, Peru
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