Ardea herodias. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1872. June 2. Gideon Stone visited a large Heronry on the Androscoggin above Errol, and brought back several sets of eggs, all slightly incubated. 1874. Aug. 27. At least thirty in Black Island Cove. They rose nearly together and after wheeling about a while alighted on the tops of some tall dead pines which presented a curious appearance covered with the great birds. 1880. May 22. Two on Cambridge River. One shot as it came suddenly upon us following the course of the stream was in a peculiar immature plumage. Sept. 3. Shortly after sunset they began to come from up the Cambridge, and circling majestically, high in air, swept down to feed on the muddy shallows bordering the pond in the meadow, each hanking harshly as it descended. " 9. Large numbers feeding on the mud-flats in the Swett Cove. " 17. Numbers along the Cambridge River between the dam and B Meadows. 1882. Oct. 1-22. One seen October 9.