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 Nov.,1914 FORTY-FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF THE SNOWY HERON IN UTAH 249 Here is food for thought for all ornithologists, even those who have much wisdom and would theoriz( on that which was. How long has the Snowy Heron bred in Utah and why is it breeding here V Is it to be traced back to the time when the sun shone hot on the Northland. or during the epoch of old Lake Bonneville, when these birds might easily have followed up from the sea w.P. CVT' o- lig. 72. 1V[EANDERING LINE OF EAST SHORE OF GREAT SALT LAKE AND ITS CONTIGUOUS MARSHES its connecting army Did woman's vanity and vexation of spirit antedate the sixties to such an extent that some small remnant of a colony sought proteeo tion in this far north latitude l But theories at best are not facts. That the Snowy Heron breeds in Utah, and has for forty-five years past--the self same