190 SHORE BIRDS. 



paler brown above than last; lunette on 

 forehead, outer tail feathers, tips of all but 

 central pair, and beneath, white; bill, black 

 orange at base; feet, yellow, fig. 136. Young, 

 with black less bright and more buffy above. 

 Breeds in Arctic and Sub- Arctic N. A. ; south 

 from middle July to middle Oct., when 



Fig. 153 



Black-crowned Night Heron. 



abundant on coast and somewhat common 

 in suitable places in interior; winters from 

 southern Fla. and Bahamas through the W. 

 1. to Brazil. Occurs on beaches, sloughs, 

 and mud flats. North in April and May 

 when less common on Atlantic coast. Move 

 in x compact flocks but when feeding scatter 



