KEY TO THE WATER lURUS OF FLORIDA. 



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Xycticorax nycticorax n,Evius (immature). 



Subgenus NYCTHERODIUS Reich. 



NYCTICORAX VIOLACEUS {Liuii.). 

 Yellow=crowned Night Heron. 



Top of the head whitish buff extending into a crest ; sides of the head black ; throat black ; 

 breast and under parts grayish plumbeous ; back plumbeous ; two or three very long feathers 

 extending as long plumes from the crest ; legs greenish. 



