Nigut-Heron. GRALLATORES. NYCTICORAX. 43 
CAYENNE NIGHT-HERON. 
Nycricorsx CAYENENSIS. 
Ardea Cayenensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 680. sp. 17. 
Ardea violacea, Linn. Syst. 1. 238. 16.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 690. sp. 50. 
Ardea callocephala, Wagler, Syst. Av. 1. sp. 34. 
Cancrofagus Bahamensis, Briss. 5. 481. 41. 
Le Bihoreau de Cayenne, Buff: Ois. 7. 439. 
Le Crabier gris de fer, Buff: Ois. 7. 399. 
Yellow-crowned Heron, Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 352.—Lath. Syn, 5. 80. 46.— 
Wils. Amex. Orn. 8. 26. pl. 65. f. 1. 
Cayenne Night-Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 56. 16. 
I insert this species, as an occasional visitant, in conse- Occasional 
quence of a specimen taken near Yarmouth, in May 1824; ae 
and recorded by Mr Youett of that place, in the 14th 
volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society. It is 
an American species, and rather widely disseminated, being 
found not only upon the Continent, but throughout the 
greater part of the West Indian Islands. For a detailed 
account of its habits, I must refer my readers to W1Lson’s 
*¢ American Ornithology,” in which they will find the sub- 
ject treated with the graphic excellence that so remarkably 
distinguishes his admirable volumes.—Like the Common 
Night-Heron, it breeds in societies, making its nest in the Nest, &. 
lower branches of trees-in the neighbourhood of swamps 
and marshes ; and lays four eggs, of a greenish-blue colour. 
The young birds are said to be in much esteem for the deli- 
cacy and flavour of their flesh. This species feeds upon fish 
and reptiles, and (like the rest of the group) during the 
night; remaining at rest, and concealed, throughout the 
day. 
' In the adult state, the crown of the head is white or yel- General 
descrip- 
lowish-white ; a stripe of the same passing from the nos- Hon’ 
trils, beneath the eyes, towards the occiput; the rest of 
the head is black ; ending in a peak behind, from whence 
depends a crest, composed of two very long white canalicu- 
