138 CIIF.CK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



L'UL'. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (BODD.). 



Black-crowned Night Heron. 



Ardca nczvia BODD. Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783, 56. 



Nycii^orax nycticorax ntzvius ZELEDON, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 

 1885, 113. 



[B 495, C 458, R 495, C 664.] 



HAB. America, from the British Possessions southward to the Falk- 

 land Islands, including part of the West Indies. 



SUBGENUS NYCTHERODIUS REICHLNBACH. 



Nyctherodius REICH. Syst. Av. 1852, p. xvi. Type, Ardca violacea 

 LINN. 



203. Nycticorax violaceus (Lixx.). 



Yellow-crowned Night Heron. 



Ardea violacea LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 143. 

 Aycticorax violacea VIGORS, Zool. Journ. III. 1827, 446. 



[B 496, C 459, R 496, C 665.] 



HAB. Warm-temperate Eastern North America, from the Carolinas 

 and the Lower Ohio Valley south to Brazil ; casually north to Massa- 

 chusetts and west to Colorado. 



ORDER PALUDICOL^E CRANES, RAILS, ETC. 



SUBORDER GRUES. CRANES. 

 FAMILY GRUID^E. CRANES. 



r.KNus GRUS PALLAS. 

 Grits PALL. Misc. Zool. 1766, 66. Type, Ardca grus LINN. 



