244 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
_ tiful male from Hungry Bay on the 4th of May, 1875. It was in com- 
pany with a white bird, perhaps an immature specimen of the same 
species. 
125. Ardea virescens, Linn. Green Heron. 
Ardea virescens, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils., Bp., Wagl., Nutt., Aud., Gir., Sund., 
Coues. 
Ardea (Botaurus) virescens, Bp. 
Herodias virescens, Boie, Bp., Gosse. 
Egretta virescens, Sw. 
Butorides virescens, Bp., Scl., Scl. & Salv., Bd., Newton, and most recent 
authors. 
Ardea ludoviciana, Gm., Lath. 
Ardea chloroptera et maculata, Bodd. 
Length, 15; wing, 73. 
Hab.—United States generally, breeding throughout and wintering 
in the south; Canada West; Mexico; West Indies; Central America 
to Venezuela. (Coues.) 
Occurs on both migrations, sometimes in considerable numbers in 
the spring, frequenting the dense mangroves, and being uncommonly 
hard to obtain. Lieutenant Denison and I each shot two beautiful 
specimens in April, 1875. 
Genus NYCTIARDEA, Sw. 
126. Nyctiardea grisea var. nevia, (Bodd.) Allen. American Night Heron. 
Botaurus nevius, Briss. 
Ardea nevia, Bodd. 
Nyctiardea nevea, Gray. 
Nycticorax nevia, Gray, Sel. & Salv. 
Nyctiardea grisea var. nevia, Allen, Coues. - 
Nycticorax griseus, Reinh, Allen. 
Ardea hoactli, Gm., Lath. 
Ardea gardeni, Gm., Lath. 
Nycticorax gardeni, Jard., Sp., Gundl., Scl., Scl. & Salv. 
Nyctiardea gardeni, Bd., Coop. & Suck., and many late U. S. authors. 
Nyctiardea grisea var. gardeni, Ridg. 
Ardea nycticorax, Wils., Bp., Aud. 
Ardea discors, Nutt. 
Nycticorax americanus, Bp., Tsch., Gosse. 
Length, about 25; wing, 12.50; tarsus, 3.15; bill, 3.10. 
Hab.—United States and British Provinces; breeds abundantly in 
New England; winters in the South and beyond. Part of West Indies, 
Mexico, Central America, South America. 
Immature birds are not uncommon in the larger mangrove swamps 
in the autumn and winter, but none have yet been obtained in adult 
plumage. One examined by Mr. Hurdis, shot on the 9th February, 
