GBEEN HEBON.
ARDEA VIRESCENS, Linn.
Ardea virescens, Linn. S. N. i. p. 238.
Butorides virescens, Baird, Brewer, fy Ridgway, Water-Birds
of N. Am. i. p. 50; Graves-Sawle, Proc. Linn. Soc.
17th April, 1890 ; Ibis, 1890; p. 386.
One occurrence. At the meeting of the Linnean
Society held on 17th April, 1890, Sir Charles Graves-
Sawle, Bart., exhibited a specimen of the North-
American Green Heron, which had been shot on 27th
October, 1889, by his keeper, W. Abbott, on his estate,
Penrice, St. Austell, Cornwall. The bird, which may
have escaped from captivity, was brought to Sir Charles
in the flesh.
Ardea virescens has a wide distribution over North
America, Mexico, Central America, and the West
Indian Islands, and has occurred in Bermuda.
[O. S.]
G R E EN HERON.
Ardea virescens, Linn.
