Class II. 



NIGHT HERON. 



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Ardea Nycticorax. A. crista 

 occipitis tripenni alba ho- 

 rizontalij dorso nigro, abdo- 

 mine flavescente. (Mas.) 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 67s. id. 

 Syn. V. 52. id. Sup. i. 234. 



Gm. Lin. 624. 



Le Bihoreau. Brisson av, v. 

 493. t. 3g. Hist, d'ois. vii. 

 435. PL E?iL 758. 



Rail Syn. av. 99. 



A. capite laevi fusco corpore 7. Night. 



fuscescente subtus albo, re- 



migibns primoribus apice 



macula alba. {Femina), 



Lath. Ind. orn. 67S. 

 Ardea grisea. Gm. Lin. 625. 

 Le Heron gris. Brisson av. v. 



412. tah. 36. PI. Enl. 759. 

 TFil. orn. 204. 

 Arct.Zool. ii. 151. 



[THE bill, crown of the head, back and sea- Descrip- 



TION. 



pulars of this rare species, are black ; the last 



broad and long; the forehead, cheeks, neck, 



and under' side of the body, white ; the wings 



and tail of a very pale ash color ; the hind part 



of the head is most specifically distinguished 



by three very slender white feathers, five inches 



long, forming a pendent crest ; the legs are of 



a yellowish green. The length to the tip of the 



tail is one foot seven inches. The female dif- Female. 



fers in color so much from the male, that it has 



been described by Brisson as a distinct species. 



The head and the upper parts of the body are 



of a glossy brown, but the latter tinged with 



grey ; the lower part of the back and the rump 



are almost grey ; the chin white ; the fore part 



of the neck grey with yellowish streaks ; the 



