201. GREEN HERON. 17 in. 



(Butorides virescens.) 

 Wings and back dark green, latter tinged with blue-gray; 

 crown greenish-black; neck and breast reddish-brown; 

 throat and line down middle of neck to breast whitish, end- 

 ing in light streaks on breast; the smallest heron; carries 

 neck curved in flight; squawking note, "scow." Night 

 Heron. 



202. BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 24 in. 



(Xycticorax nycticorax naevius.) 



Green-black above; sides of head, throat and lower parts 

 white; ashy on lower half of wing and tail; neck short and 

 thick; pointed black bill; legs yellow; nests in flocks; feeds 

 by night except in nesting season; call, "quawk." Im- 

 mature : brown, much streaked and mottled; appear slightly 

 larger thfin adult. Little Green Heron. 



212. VIRGINIA RAIL. 9K in. 



(Rallus virginianus.) 

 Streaked, blackish and olive-brown; back of neck and 

 top of head plain brown; elsewhere cinnamon-red except 

 flanks which are heavily barred cross-wise; long feet; short 

 upturned tail; in fresh or salt marshes; grunting and guttural 

 calls; one note of female much like sharp " click' ' of the Flic- 

 ker. King Rail. Clapper Rail. 



214. SORA. 8>< in. 



(Porzana Carolina.) 

 Olive-brown with lengthwise markings of black and some 

 white; short tail turned up, showing buffy white underside; 

 sides barred posteriorly with white; front of head and throat 

 black; slaty line over eye; sides of neck and breast grayish- 

 slate; bill short atid yellowish; legs long; very stealthy; 

 skulks and crouches in grass. Youxg: no black; throat 

 whitish, brown on breast. Virginia Rail. 



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