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Identifier: bulletinunitedst261883unitfo (find matches)
Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.
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e end of summer. Specimen obtained.Perhaps some of the small white Herons attributed to the precedingspecies have been the present one in its white alternative plumage. (062) 191. (164.) Butorides virescens (Linn.) Bp, Small Green Heron; Fly-up^ tiie-creek; Schytepoke. A summer resident, and the most abundant of its tribej it may alwaysbe found during the summer along Rock Creek and about the marshesand estuaries of the Potomac. It used to nest at times in the slashes,already often mentioned in this paper as within the city limits. It arrivesthe first of May and remains until the middle of September. (603) 192. (165.) Nyctiardea grisea naevia (Bodd.) Allen. (X. yardeni of the original edition.) Night Heron. Rare5 occasionally seen during the latter part of the summer. (601) 100 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. 193. (163.) Botaurus mugitans (Bartr.) Cones. (B. lentiginosus of the original edi-tion.) Bittern; Stake-driver; Indian Hen. Resident, and rather common. Found chiefly in the marshes of the
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Fig. 87.—Bittern. Potomac and Anacostia, and boggy estuaries leading to these rivers.It is the only Heron which passes the winter here. (666 J 194. (162.) Ardetta exilis (Gm.) Gray. Least Bittern. A summer resident, rather uncommon. Arrives early in May anddeparts in September. Found chiefly in the Zizania aquatica marshes. There are no heronries in the District to our knowledge; and theSmall Green Heron is the only abundant and generally distributed rep-resentative of the family Ardeidw. (667) Order ALECTORIDES : Cranes and Rails.Suborder GRUJFORMES: Cranes.Family GRUID.F,: Cranes. 195. (l-r>7.) Grus pratensis Bartr. (G. canadensis of the original edition.) A specimen of this bird has been procured in the District. We doubt,however, that the bird has been seen here alive for the past quarter ofa century, and it might properly be retired from the active list. (670) Suborder RALLIFORMES: Rails. Family EALLID^E : Rails. 196. (—.) Rallus longirostris crepitans (Gm.) Ridg. Clapper

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