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coverts, greenish, red-edged ; crown and tail, black. 

 Cayenne. 



The Night Herons have, with the port of the bit- 

 terns, and a bill more gross in proportion, some 

 slender feathers implanted in the occiput of the 

 adult. 



We have but one in France. 



The Night Heron. Ardea Nycticorax, L. Enl. 758, 

 Frisch. 203, Naum. 1st Ed. 26, f. 55. 



The male is white \ the cap and back are black. 

 This young bird is grey, with brown mantle and 

 blackish cap. En. 759. 



According to M. Meyer, whose results we follow 

 here, Ard. Grisea, Ard. Maciilata, and Ard. Badia, 

 Gm. refer to different states of this bird. 



Gardenian Night Heron. Ard. Gardeni. Gm. 

 Enl. 309, 



Seems to be the young of the common night heron j 

 it is the same as A. Maculata, Frisch, 202.* 

 Add, 



* The Ardea Hoactli, Lath. Wilson, vii. t. 61. f. 2. Azara. 357. Ardea 

 Tayazu Guera. Vieil. The young is Ardea Jamaicensis, and Ardea Hoactli, 

 5 Lath. Azara.' 355. Ardea Maculata, Vieill. Ardea Grisea, Gmel. PI. 

 Enl. 759. Ardea Ferruginea, Lath. Ardea Ncevia, Miller. Cim. Phys. 

 t. 55. Ardea Torquata, Shaw, when getting the male plumage. Ardea 

 Obscura, A, Badra, and A. Cracca, Lath. Naum. t. 93. 



