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CALEDONIAN NIGHTHERON. 
(Nycticorax Caledonicus.) 
. Jiisco-Jerrugineus, subtus superciliisque alhisy veriice nigro, 
crista occipitis tripenni alba. 
Rusty brown Nightheron, with the under parts and the eye- 
brows whiter the crown black; the occiput with a white 
crest, composed of three feathers. 
Ardea Caledonica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I.Q 2 Q. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 
2. 679. 15. 
Caledonian Night Heron. Lath, Ind. Orn. 5. 55. 15. — Lath. Syn. 
Sup, II. 299. 5. 
This bird is very similar to the common Night- 
heron when in its full plumage : it is in length 
nearly two feet ; its beak is black : the space 
between the beak and eye is naked, and green : 
the irides are yellow : the crown of the head is 
black : the eyebrows, and streak on the upper 
parts of the sides of the head, are white : from the 
nape arises three long white feathers : the prevail- 
ing colour of the plumage is ferruginous, inclining 
to brown ; the neck being palest, and having its 
feathers very loose on the fore-part : the breast, 
the belly, and the under parts of the body, are 
white : the legs are yellov/ : the claws are dusky. 
It inhabits New Caledonia. 
