AUDEID.K — THE HERONS — NYCTICUllAX. 



65 



In ''llaml-list of liiiils," \'ii1. HI. j). 3;J, Dr.!!. 11. (.Jmy emiint'mte.s tliivo OKI World ^jiecifs 

 I'lsit''.^ A'. " nijelicoru.e" (ijrigi'.iig), Tliesii luu, " iidnldnicti, (!m.," Now C'liIedDiiiii ; " / miniillcns!g, 

 \iii.," IMiili|iiiiiii'.-< anil Soldiiiuii Islamls. uml " irii<.<lrii.itri.i, Xu;.,'' Island nl' Hmiiii. Tlii'sc jut- 

 li i|i-> ii'invsi'iil iiu.ii.s of one sjn'cic.-i, iiltliou;,'h we iiav*! si-un only the lii-st nuniud. A', cakdonicus 



A. i/n'.icKs till vii's, 



isstiiitly ooiijioncrii' with X. iirintii.-i, with wliu'li il ii,i,'I'(M's very closely in the details of fonn, in 

 size, ill general system of ((doialion, and in the ehaiaetei' of tlie occijiital iiluines. As to colora- 

 liiMi, the pattern is the same, except that the j,'n'enish black of tiie hack and seapulais is wantin;;, 

 while that of the pih'iim extends niiile to the liill, tliere lieini;, tllerefoie, no white fiontlet. The 

 1 hiiieoiis of .V. (//■/.svi/y, however, is entirely replaced liy a line cinnamon-rnfous, wliieli j^ives the two 

 liirds (|nile a different aspect. In the yoiin;,' plumaLie they are more similar, llioii|^di Htill readily 

 ilistin;,'ilishalple. 



Nycticoraz griseus naevius. 



THE AMERICAN BLACK CItOWKEO NIGHT HEBON. 



llvlmirKS )wvius, Ititiss. Orn. V. ITtiit. lil"J. 



.Irilxi jwviii, l!oi>n. Tiihl. r. r.. 17s:!, .-,i i.js (,-x PI. Knl. M9.) 



Xiirl iiirilin tji-ixiii, WW. ,iiiri,i, \\.\.\.s, Riill. Mas. ('.mip. /..lol. III. 1S7"2, 182. — Col'Ks, Key, 187'2, 



2t;!t; Cliirk l-ist, 187:i. no. LIS: U. N. W. 1,^71. WIX 

 Xiictiiii-ili'ii grisiii iiirvi'ii, liMKiW. Noin. X. Am. 15. 1S81, no. 495. — Coi'K.s, Check last, 2il td. 



1882, no. ijtit. 

 Anlni /ii«ict/i, Cmki.. S. N. I. 1788, 630. 

 .tri/iii fdiiit, (iMr.r,. t. e. (illi. 



Jrdiii (liirilriii, Cmki.. t. c. (!|,'), no. 81 (liascd on the Oiirdfiilnu Ifirnn of Pcnn. and Lntli.>. 

 XiHiiiirihii Uiinhnl, It.Miii). ISiids X. .\nt. IS'iS, ti78 ; fat. N. Aai. \\. IS.^O, no. lit.'). 

 Ardiii ilisviihn; XflT. Mass. Orn. II. 1S:il, ')!. 

 Xjic/kiiriix niiiirioniii.'i, llos.vr. ('onip. List, 1S:18, 48. 

 Xiiiiicorar riilijiiri.i. D'Oini. <>i-^. Cnlm, 18:!!', 208. 

 Kycticorax ijrisitis (\miO, ItKienr.sow, .1. f, (•. 1877, 2:37. 



