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on most of the rivers of the coast of Guatemala among the mangrove-swamps, and 
secured eggs near Yzabal. Mr. Richmond and Mr. Nutting both noticed the Green 
Heron abundantly in Nicaragua, where, however, the first-mentioned observer considered 
the bird to be a winter visitor only; he first noticed specimens early in October. It 
breeds in some of the Antillean islands and in Trinidad. 
A. virescens is not so gregarious as some of the other North-American members of 
the genus, and the bird never breeds in companies with its own kind, but nests along 
with the Night-Herons and other species of Ardea. Dr. Brewer says that two nests of 
the Green Heron are seldom found in proximity to each other. 
In habits this bird does not differ from other small Herons. It feeds at night as 
well'as by day, and is very expert in catching the fish which form its principal prey, 
though likewise devouring frogs, lizards, and insects which frequent the marshes. 
The nest is a somewhat large structure for the size of the bird, and is built in trees, 
being a slight framework of sticks lined with smaller twigs. The eggs are two or three 
in number, rarely four. 
8. Ardea agami. 
Le Héron Agami, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 382°. 
Ardea agami, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 629°. 
Agamia agami, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 135°; Bangs, Auk, 1901, p. 25°. 
Agamia picta, Scl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 369°; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 283°; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. 
Costa Rica, i. p. 131 (1887) 7. 
Supra saturate viridis, scapularibus extus castaneis, plumis dorsalibus ornamentalibus pulchre cinereis, longi- 
oribus apicem versus margaritaceis; remigibus et rectricibus schistaceis, extus viridi lavatis; pileo 
pulchre schistaceo, cristam nuchalem versus margaritaceo-cinereo ; facie laterali et collo laterali et postico 
nigris, hoe clare cinereo lineolatim striatis; gula alba, medialiter vinaceo-castaneo striata ; colli lateribus 
vinaceo-castaneis, plumis filamentosis clare cinereis ornatis ; gutture medio vinaceo-castaneo, utrinque 
albo longitudinaliter marginato ; prapectore pulchre margaritaceo-cinereo, medialiter nigricanti-plumbeo ; 
corpore reliquo subtus vinaceo-castaneo; maxilla brunnescenti-nigra, mandibula et regione nuda faciali 
flavis; iride flava. Long. tota circa 32-0, alee 10-4, caudee 4-0, culm. 5:8, tarsi 3°75. (Descr. maris adulti 
ex R. Takuta, Brit. Guiana. Mus. nostr.) 
Juv. Brunnea, collo et tectricibus alarum pallidioribus ; pileo nigricante ; remigibus et rectricibus schistaceis, 
paullo viridi lavatis; facie laterali et colli lateribus brunneis; gula alba, medialiter castaneo lineata ; 
gutture medialiter castaneo, utrinque ochraceo longitudinaliter marginato, vix nigro variegato; corpore 
reliquo subtus ochrascente vel albido, plumis utrinque nigro striolatim marginatis; pedibus olivaceo- 
viridibus. (Descr. ay. juv. ex Veragua, Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico’, Rio Coatzacoalcos, Tuxpango near Orizaba (Sumichrast ®); Britisu 
Howpuras (Blancaneaux*) ; Guarmaua, Peten (Sarg #); Costa Rica, Pozo Azul 
de Pirris (Zeledon"); Panama, Veraguas (E. Arcé*), San Miguel in the Pearl Is. 
(Brown *).—Gutana*?; Braziu?; Amazonta 3. 
A. agapni, remarkable for its extraordinarily long bill and for the diversity of its 
plumage, is everywhere rare in Central America, though it has been recorded from 
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