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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  siderably 
  smaller 
  than 
  a 
  crow's 
  nest, 
  so 
  looseh" 
  put 
  together 
  that 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   may 
  often 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  These 
  are 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  six 
  in 
  number, 
  

   elliptical, 
  pale 
  greenish, 
  and 
  about 
  1.38 
  x 
  1. 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  size. 
  

  

  ~:-Jl..^^:^ 
  

  

  Young 
  Green 
  herons 
  

  

  Phutu 
  1j.\' 
  I.. 
  6. 
  Horton 
  

  

  Nycticorax 
  nycticorax 
  naevius 
  (Boddaert) 
  

  

  Black-crowned 
  Night 
  Heron 
  

  

  Plate 
  24 
  

  

  Ardea 
  naevia 
  Boddaert. 
  Tabl. 
  PI. 
  Enl. 
  1783. 
  56 
  

   Ardea 
  discors 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  227, 
  fig. 
  185 
  

   Nycticorax 
  nycticorax 
  naevius 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  

   No. 
  202 
  

  

  nycti'corax, 
  Gr. 
  and 
  Lat., 
  Night-raven, 
  the 
  classic 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Night 
  heron; 
  

   ncs'vius, 
  Lat., 
  birth-marked, 
  spotted 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult: 
  Top 
  of 
  head, 
  back 
  and 
  scapulars 
  glossy 
  greenish 
  

   black; 
  front 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  lower 
  parts 
  generally 
  white; 
  rump, 
  wings 
  

   and 
  tail 
  ash}' 
  gra\' 
  ; 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  narrow 
  white 
  occipital 
  plumes 
  several 
  inches 
  

  

  