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MARSH AND SWAMP BIRDS. 



No. 129. BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 



Genus: Nycticorax. Species: N. nycticorax naevius. 



Distribution: 



A very common summer resident of New England, wintering 

 in the southern portions. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts greenish black, becoming ashen behind, white 

 crown plumes, forehead, neck and under parts white. Im- 

 mature, upper parts grayish cinnamon, white streaked and 

 spotted: under parts white, black streaked. Bill black, feet 

 and legs yellow. Length about 24.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 

 Quawk-quawk. 



Haunts: 



Marshes and swamps, breeding in colonics. 



