Ki;v TO THH ^^■.\'^l:R isirds oi" Florida. 



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Length. 27.50: Wing. 10.50: Tarsus. 3.60 : Bill. 3.10. 

 Plumage tawnv brown, streaked with dark brown. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. 



American Bittern. See page 247 



Length. 26: Wing. 10: Tarsus. 3.50: Dill. 3.80. Elon 

 gated feathers on crown chestnut and white : 

 throat white with brown stripe down the 

 middle. 



Ardea tricolor ruficollis. 



Louisiana Heron. See page J54 



Length, 24: Wing. 12: Tarsus. 3.60: Bill. 3. Bill 

 thick — l)lack: crown of head white and buff. 



Immature birds are mottled lirown having outer 

 web of primaries slate color, not rufous brown. 



Nycticorax violaceus. 

 Yellow=cr(>wned Night Heron. 



See page 25'j 



Length, 24: Wing. 12: Tarsus. 3.40: ^'i"- 3- Bill 

 thick — black: crown greenish black. Imma- 

 ture birds are mottled brown, having the outer wel) 

 of primaries pale rufous brown. 



Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. 

 Night Heron. See page 25S 



Length. 22.50: Wing. 10: Tarsus. 3.60: Bill. 3. Head 

 and neck purplish brown: rt-st of plumage slaty 

 blue : leirs and feet black. 



.Ardea ccerulea. 

 Little Blue Heron (adult). 



See page 



Length. 22: Wing. 10: Tarsus. 360: Bill. 3. 

 mage partly grayish blue, partly white. 



Plu- 



Ardea coerulea. 

 Little Blue Heron (immature;. 



See page 256 



Length, 17 : Wing. 7 : Tarsus, i.So: Bill, 2.50. Crown 

 dark greenish : neck chestnut with a line of buffy 

 white down tlie middle of throat: legs greenish 

 } ellow ; belly pale. 



Ardea virescens. 

 Green Heron. 



See page 25; 



