130 



f'-z'. $ juv.sk. 



a" . (S ad. ; I" -e". 



2 ad. sk. 

 /". Juv. sk. 



ff". (5 ad. sk. 



h"-u". cS ad. sk. 

 o",p"- 6,q"- 2 



ad. sk. 

 r"-u" . tS ad. sk. 



v" , lu" . Ad. sk. 



x". Juv. sk. 

 y''-e\ Ad.; /% 

 ^•', A^. Juv. sk. 

 v'. Juv. sk. 



;t^ Ad. sk. 



/3. Ad. sk. 



??i''. c? juv. sk. 



w^ o\ 6, p'.2 



ad. sk. 

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Tarpon Springs, June, July, 



Aug., Oct. (TV. H. D. Scoft). 

 Punta Rassa, Florida, Mav 



(W. K B. Scott). 

 San Antonio, Texas {H. E. 



Dresser). 

 Corpus Christi Pass, May 24 



{P. B. Armstrong). 

 Aransas Bay {F. B.Armstrong). 

 Presidio, Mexico, Jan., May 



{A. Forrer). 

 Tampico, June 1 {W. B. 



Richardson). 

 Playa Vicente, Vera Cruz 



[M. Trujillo). 

 South Mexico (Salle). 

 Cozumel Island, Yucatan (G. 



F. Gaiimer). 

 Turnefl', Belize, British Hon- 

 duras, May (O. .S'.). 

 San Jos6 de Guatemala, Jan. 



(0. S.). 

 Iluamuchal, Guatemala, Feb. 



(O. S.). 

 Lion Hill, Panama (J. Mc- 



Leannan). 

 Momotombo, Nicaragua, 



May 21 ( W. B. Richardson). 

 Jamaica. 



Grenada, W. I., April 17 

 (D. W. Smith). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gosse Coll. 

 (Type oiA. ruficollis.) 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



13. NYCTANASSA. 



Type. 



Nyctherodius, Reichenb. Av. Nat. Syst. p. xvi (1852, 7i€c 



Macgill.) N. violacea. 



Nyctanassa, Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. x. p. 295, note 



(1887) N. violacea. 



Range. Warm temperate Eastern North America, Central America, 

 West Indies, Northern South America to Brazil. 



Keij to the Species. 



a. Crown of head white or ochreous brown ; sides of 



head and throat black, with a white baud along 



the ear-coverts violacea, p. 130. 



b. Crown black like the sides of the head, with a rufous 



band across the ear-coverts jmuper, p. 1.34. 



1. Nyctanassa violacea. 



The Crested Bittern, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol, i. pi. 79 (1731). 

 Le Crabier de Bahama, Briss. Orn. v. p. 481 (1760). 



