018 OUNITIIOLOGY. 



Ardetta EXILIS. 



Least Biltorii. 



Ardea cxilis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 045. 



Ardetta cxUis, Geay, Genera of Birds, III, 1849, — .— Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 



073; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 491.— CouES, Key, 1872, 270 ; Check List, 



lS7;i, No. 401 ; Birds N.W., 1874, 528. 



One individual of this diiiuiiutive Heron was seen in May, among;- the 

 willows alonfj the lower Truckee, the one in question being startled by the 

 approach of our bout. 



Nyctiaedea GKISEA. 



Night lloi'oii. 



/?. navia. 



Ardea nwvia, Boddaert, Plancb. Enl. Tabl., 1784, pi. 939. 



Nyctiardca nwvia, Gray, Genera of Birds, III, 1849, 558. 



Nyctiardca grinca var. nan-ia, Allen, Bull. Miis. Comp. Zool., HI, 1872, 182. — 



CouKS, Key, 1872, 209; Check List, 1873, No. 458; Birds N.W., 1874, 523.— 



Henshaw, 1875, 400. 

 Ardea gardtni, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 045. 

 Xyctiurdcd gnrdcni, Baikd, Birds N. Am., 1858, 078; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 



495. 



This Heron was common botli in the vicinity of Sacramento and in 

 the wooded river-valleys of the Interior. Near our camp at the former 

 place was a small pond, where, just at dusk, one of these birds alighted 

 regularly to feed. 



BOTAUKUS MINOR. 

 American Biltrrn. 



{Loo' -kcm-0 of the Washoes ; Tali -huh-ho-ne-kaW -hah of the Paiutes.) 



Ardea .stcllaris var. fi. ininor, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 035. 

 Ardeu minor, Wilson, Am. Orii., VIII, 1814, 35, pi. 05, fig. 3. 

 Botaurus minor, BoiE, Isis, 1820, 979.— CouES, Key, 1872, 209; Check List, 1873, 



No. 400; Birds N.W., 1874, 523.— nENSHAW, 1875, 400. 

 Ardea Icnfiginosa, Montague, Orn. Diet., Sup[)l., 1813, — . 

 BoUiurun Icntiginonus, Stephens, Sliaw's (Icii. Zool., XI, 1819, 590. — Baird, Binls 



N. Am., 1858, 074; Cat. X. .Vin. liirds. 1S5!), No. 492. 



The common Bittern Avas constantly found in nil innrsliy situations ni 

 the Interior, wlicrc it ai)})(';ir('<l to l)n resident all the year. 



