(318 ornithology. 



Ardetta exilis. 



licast BittcB-i). 



Ardea exilis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, G45. 



Ardetta exilis, Gray, Geueni of Birds, III, 1849, — .— Baiud, Birds N. Am,, 1858, 



073 ; Oat. N. Aiu. Birds, 1859, No. 491.— Coues, Key, 1872, 270; Check List, 



1873, No. 4«1 ; Birds N.W., 1874, 528. 



One individual of this diminutive Heron was seen in May, among tlie 

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

 npiirojirli of our boat. 



Nyctiardea geisea. 



Night Hci-oii. 



/i. nee via. 

 Ardea nwria, Boddaert, Plaiicli. Eul. Tabl., 1784, pi. 939. 

 Nijctiardca nwiua, Gray, Genera of Birds, III, 1849, 558. 



Nyctiardea grisea var. naevia, Allen, Bull. Mas. Comi). Zool., Ill, 1872, 182.— 

 CouES, Key, 1872, 269 ; Check List, 1873, No. 458 ; Birds N.W., 1874, 523.— 

 Hensdaw, 1875, 400. 

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

 JVycliurdca gardeni, Baird, J5irds N. Am., 1858, 078; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 



495. 

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

 the wooded river-valle\s 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. 

 Anivricstn Bittern. 

 {Loo -};em-o of the Waslioes; Tuh'-hah-ho-i/c-Jcah'-hah of the Paiutes.) 

 Ardea stcllaris var. fi. minor, (Jmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 035. 

 Ardea minor, Wilson, Am. Orn., 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.— Henshaw, 1875, 400. 

 Ardea lentiginosa, MoNTAGUE, Orn. Diet., Suppl., 1813, — . 



Botaurus Icnliginosus, Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool., XI, 1819, 590.— Baird, Birils 

 N. Am., 1858, 074; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859,^No. 492. 



Tlic conimoii r>ittcru was constantly I'ouud in all marshy situations 'ii 

 Ihc interior, where it appeared to be resident all the year. 



