THE BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 



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No. 215. 



BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 



A. O. U. No. 202. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.). 



Synonyms. — Qua-bird; Quawk; Night Squawic. 



Description. — Adult in breeding plumage: Extreme forehead and line over 

 eye white ; entire under parts white. — pure on chin and throat, elsewhere delicately 

 tinged with light ash}' gray <>r lilaceous; crown, nape, and scapular-mantle (in- 

 cluding hack and interscapular region) lustrous greenish black; the occipital 



VERY TEMPERATE BIR 



