_Anhinga anhinga_ (Linnaeus).--On March 31, 1952, Olmstead noted an
Anhinga perched on a submerged fence post in a lake 10 mi. E Hacienda
La Mariposa. This is the first record of the Anhinga in Coahuila.
**_Ardea herodias_ Linnaeus.--Two subspecies of the Great Blue Heron,
_treganzai_ and _wardi_, have been recorded from Coahuila. Friedmann,
Griscom, and Moore (1950:27) listed _A. h. treganzai_ from the State;
presumably this subspecies occurs widely in low density. They (_loc.
cit._) remarked also that a record of _A. h. wardi_ from Coahuila
"cannot be allocated subspecifically."
Dickerman saw two Great Blue Herons in a marshy area at San Marcos (=20
mi. S Cuatro Cienegas) on May 4, 1954. Van Tyne and Sutton (1937:12)
noted the Great Blue Heron "near Boquillas [Texas], along the Rio
Grande, on May 10 and 15...."
**_Butorides virescens_ (Linnaeus).--Olmstead saw a Green Heron at
Boquillas, 700 feet, on March 10, 1952. Findley reported seeing Green
Herons 2 mi. W Jimenez, 850 feet, on June 19, 1952, and 2 mi. S and 3
mi. E San Juan de Sabinas on June 22, 1952.
**_Casmerodius albus egretta_ (Gmelin).--The Common Egret is an
uncommon migrant in Coahuila. Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore (1950:30)
recorded _C. a. egretta_ from the "extreme northern part" of Coahuila.
Van Tyne and Sutton (1937:12) saw the Common Egret "along the Rio
Grande on the Graham ranch just west of Boquillas," Texas, on May 16,
which might well be the locality to which Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore
referred. Olmstead saw a Common Egret at Don Martin on March 22, 1952.
**_Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli_ (Gmelin).--This subspecies of the
Black-crowned Night Heron was listed from the "extreme north" section
of Coahuila by Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore (1950:32). Van Tyne and
Sutton (1937:14) saw three Black-crowned Night Herons along the Rio
Grande about two miles west of Boquillas, Texas, on May 16. This record
probably represents the locality to which Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore
(_op. cit._) referred.
_Nyctanassa violacea violacea_ (Linnaeus).--A Yellow-crowned Night
Heron in immediate post-juvenile plumage, No. 36413, was obtained on
September 7, 1958, 16 km. south of Cuatro Cienegas, by W. L. Minckley.
According to him the bird was accompanied by "several" other herons
seemingly of the same species and condition of plumage. The species
seems not to have been recorded previously from Coahuila [Eds.].
_Botaurus lentiginosus_ (Rackett).--Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore
(1950:34) listed the American Bittern from the "extreme northern part"
of Coahuila. Van Tyne and Sutton (1937:14) saw two representatives of
this bittern "along the Rio Grande not far from Hot Springs," Texas, on
May 15. I suspect that this is the locality to which Friedmann,
Griscom, and Moore (_loc. cit._) referred.
[_Branta canadensis leucopareia_ (Brandt).--Friedmann, Griscom, and
Moore (1950:38) listed _B. c. leucopareia_ from "northern Coahuila."]
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