﻿BIRDS 
  OP 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  265 
  

  

  in 
  length 
  ; 
  bill 
  black 
  ; 
  lores 
  greenish 
  ; 
  legs 
  yellow 
  ; 
  eyes 
  red. 
  Young: 
  Grayish 
  

   brown 
  above 
  streaked 
  and 
  spotted 
  with 
  tear-shaped 
  spots 
  of 
  buffy 
  white; 
  

   under 
  parts 
  grayish 
  white 
  streaked 
  with 
  dusky 
  ; 
  bill 
  dusky 
  ; 
  legs 
  dull 
  grayish 
  

   green; 
  iris 
  grayish 
  brown. 
  

  

  Length 
  23-26 
  inches; 
  extent 
  43-46; 
  wing 
  11-13; 
  tail 
  5; 
  bill 
  3; 
  tarsus 
  

   3-3.4; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.8-3.1 
  ; 
  tibia 
  bare 
  i. 
  

  

  Both 
  species 
  of 
  Night 
  heron 
  are 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  about 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  bittern; 
  but 
  shaped 
  quite 
  differently 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  herons. 
  Their 
  

   bodies 
  are 
  stouter 
  and 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  legs 
  comparatively 
  short. 
  Their 
  bills 
  

   are 
  also 
  shorter 
  and 
  stouter 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  herons. 
  The 
  present 
  

   species 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  common 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  and 
  can 
  easily 
  be 
  distinguished 
  

   from 
  the 
  Yellow-crowned 
  species 
  when 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  plumage, 
  but 
  careful 
  

   attention 
  must 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  immature 
  specimens 
  to 
  determine 
  them 
  accurately. 
  

   The 
  common 
  Night 
  heron 
  Is 
  well 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  its 
  rookeries 
  by 
  

   its 
  nocturnal 
  habits 
  and 
  the 
  hoarse 
  cry 
  which 
  has 
  given 
  it 
  the 
  common 
  

   name 
  of 
  Quawk. 
  

  

  The 
  Quawk 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  summer 
  resident 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  -Champlain 
  valley 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Washington 
  county, 
  but 
  is 
  quite 
  local 
  

   in 
  distribution, 
  being 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  heronries 
  during 
  

   the 
  breeding 
  season. 
  The 
  most 
  famous 
  of 
  these 
  heronries 
  have 
  been 
  located 
  

   in 
  Nassau 
  county; 
  on 
  Gardiners 
  island; 
  on 
  Constitution 
  island, 
  Hudson 
  river; 
  

   and 
  near 
  Dunsbach 
  Ferry, 
  Saratoga 
  co. 
  Less 
  important 
  breeding 
  stations 
  

   have 
  existed 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  near 
  Granville, 
  Washington 
  co. 
  ; 
  at 
  West 
  Seneca 
  

   and 
  Boston, 
  Erie 
  co. 
  ; 
  and 
  various 
  localities 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   river. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  regular 
  transient 
  visitant 
  on 
  the 
  central 
  lakes 
  and 
  along 
  

   Lakes 
  Erie 
  and 
  Ontario, 
  young 
  birds 
  being 
  not 
  uncommon 
  about 
  the 
  last 
  

   of 
  September, 
  but 
  whether 
  these 
  come 
  from 
  heronries 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  Ontario 
  - 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  valley, 
  or 
  are 
  wanderers 
  from 
  southern 
  localities, 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  

   to 
  state. 
  This 
  bird 
  often 
  remains 
  throughout 
  the 
  winter 
  on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  

   but 
  the 
  usual 
  winter 
  range 
  is 
  from 
  Virginia 
  southward. 
  It 
  inhabits 
  the 
  

   greater 
  part 
  of 
  America 
  from 
  Argentina 
  to 
  Manitoba 
  and 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  

  

  