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Acknowledgments
We would like to express our appreciation to the editor, Alan Poole, and reviewers Michael Erwin and Ray Telfair for their time, attention to detail, and many helpful suggestions. This account was improved significantly by BNA editors L. Bevier (Systematics) and K. Russell (Distribution, Migration, Appearance), Janet Hinshaw and Joann Constantinides of the Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Library at the University of Michigan were instrumental in providing key references. The following individuals provided unpublished breeding bird atlas data: Arizona—Annalaura Averill-Murray, Arizona Game and Fish Department; Kansas—William Busby, Kansas Biological Survey; Virginia—Lisa Sauseville, Virginia Department of Game and inland fisheries; and Texas—Karen Benson, Texas A&M University.
Parsons, Katharine C. and Terry L. Master. 2000. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/489
