YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 



203. Nyctanassa violacea. 23 in. 



Black, white and gray as shown. Three 

 slender white plumes on the nape and long 

 black, gray-edged ones on the hack. Young 

 birds are streaked brownish-gray and white. 



Nest. Of sticks in trees in swamps. Three 

 or four pale greenish-blue eggs. 



Range. Breeds from S. Car. and southern 

 111. southward. Winters south from Fla. 

 Order PALUDICOL^B. Family GRUID.E. 

 WHOOPING CRANE. 



204. Grus americana. 50 in. 



Plumage white, except the black primaries. 

 Inner wing feathers long and flowing. Face 

 bare and reddish. 



Note. A loud whooping scream. 



Nest. Of weeds on the ground in marshes. 

 Two buff eggs spotted with brown. 



Range. Breeds in Saskatchewan and 

 Mackenzie; formerly south to 111. Winters 

 from the Gulf States to central Mexico. 

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