24 NIGHT HERON. Class IL 



rest of the under parts grey ; the vent white ; 

 the wings greyish brow^n streaked with yellow- 

 ish white ; some of the greater coverts are tip- 

 ped with white ; the quil feathers the same ; the 

 tail nearly the same ; the legs greyish brown. 



The first instance recorded of this bird having 

 been found in England was in May, 1782; 

 when one was shot near Londmi, which was 

 preserved in the late Leverian museum. The 

 editor has heard of another having been killed 

 in Suffolk. Ed. 



" One was killed at Cliefden in Buckingham- 

 shire. It is common in Spaiti and about 

 Gibraltar, but is every where more rare than 

 the Heron. Inhabits China and India; and I 

 have received it from North America, where it 

 extends south as far as Georgia, but is there 

 smaller. It makes its nest both in trees and 

 among the rocks ; and lays three or four white 

 eggs." J. L. 



