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Identifier: birdlore19nati (find matches)
Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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AX ORMOND (FLA.) BLUE JAY.Two Blue Jay photographs by George Shiras, 3d (The last photograph made by Mr. Shiras before leaving his summer home at Mar-quette, Mich., in October, 1916, was of a Blue Jay at his feeding-stand beneath thebalsams. The first photograph he made after reaching his winter home at Ormond, Fla., wasof a Blue Jay at his feeding-stand under the cabbage palms. The Blue Jay is migratory only to a limited extent at the northern Hmit of its range,and this incident illustrates its wide distribution and the strikingly different conditionsunder which the species lives. Hence, we have two races, a large, pale Northern BlueJay, and a smaller, darker Florida Blue Jay. The differences in color between thetwo forms can be seen in the photographs.—Ed.) (249)
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A NEW YORK CITY EGRET (250) American Egrets in New York City By CLARK L. LEWIS, JR., New York CityWith a photograph by the author LAST summer- (1916) three beautiful American Egrets (Herodias egretla)made their appearance in Van Cortlandt Park, New York City. Theywere reported to have arrived on July 16. As the neighborhood appealedto them, they settled down in the vicinity of the pond, at the southern-mostextremity of the Park, and remained for a number of weeks. The birds finallydisappeared, one by one, the first to leave quitting the Park sometime aroundAugust 10, the next, a few days later, and the remaining Egret on October 10.Their roosts were located somewhere in the northern part of the Park wood-lands, just where I do not know. At the approach of dusk the Egrets wouldrise into the air and fly northward. Their flight was slow and graceful, andoften I would watch them until they were lost from sight in the darkeninghorizon. Every morning found them back at the pond where they s

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