EUROPEAN NIGHTHERON. 
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part, and the beak is of a different form to that of 
either the Herons or Bitterns. In manners the 
Nightherons somewhat resemble those of the above 
birds : they build their nests in trees, and lay about 
five eggs. 
EUROPEAN NIGHTHERON. 
(Nycticorax Europeus.) 
Ny. cristatus, capite, occqnte, dorsoque nigro-xnrescentibus^ ahdo- 
mine Jlavescente-albo. 
Crested Nightheron, with the head, occiput, and back, of a 
black-green 5 the abdomen of a yellowish white. 
Ardea Nycticorax. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1 . 235. 9. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 
1. 624. — Raii. Syn. gg. 3. — Briss. Orn. 5. 493. 45. pi. 39. — 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2, 6/8. 13. 
Ardea maculata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 645. SO. young. 
Ardea Gardeni. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 645. 81. young. — Lath. Ind, 
Orn. 2. 685. 32. young. 
Ardea badia. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 644. 75. young. — Lath. Ind. 
Orn. 2. 686. 3/. young. 
Ardea grisea. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 239. 22. young. — Gmel. Syst. 
Nat. 1. 625. 9. S. young. 
Botaurus naevius. Briss. Orn. 5. 462. 31. young. 
Cancrofagus castaneus. Briss. Orn. 5. 468. 34. young. 
Le Bihoreau. Buff. Ois. y. 435. pi. 12.— Buff. FI. Enl. 758. 
Butor tachete, ou Pouacre. Buff. Ois. 7. 427- young. — Buff. PI. 
Enl. 939. young. 
Le Crabier roux. Buff. Ois, 7. 39O. young. 
Bihoreau i manteau noire. Temm. Man. d’Orni. 375. 
Spotted Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 70. 31. young. 
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