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NYCTICORAX GARDENI. THE GREY NIGHT 

 HERON. 



NIGHT HERON. NIGHf RAVEN. 



Fig. 36. 



Ardea Nycticorax. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 23o. Adult. 



Ardea grisea. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 239. Immature. 



Ardea Nycticorax. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 678. Adult. 



Ardea obscura, badia, and Gardeni. Lath. Toung. 



Bihoreau a manteau noir. Ardea Nycticorax. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 577. 



Night Heron, and Gardenian Heron. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Ardea Nycticorax. Night Heron. Fleni. Brit. Vert. Anim. 96. 



Common Night Heron. Nycticorax Europceus. Selb. Illustr. II. 39. 



Ardea Nycticorax. Common Night Heron. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 191. 



Nycticorax Gardeni. Bonap. Comp. List. 48. 



Adult with three white, black-tipped, linear occipital 

 feathers ; the crown and nape, with the fore part of the back 

 and the scapulars greenish-black ; the icings and tail bluish- 

 grey ; the lower parts white. Young without elongated occi- 

 pital plumes ; upper part of the head and nape, with the fore 

 part of the back and the scapulars dull brown, with pale red 

 longitudinal streaks ; wing coverts greyish-brown, with yel- 

 lowish-white spots ; throat and lower parts whitish, tinged 

 with grey and streaked with brown. 



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