NYCTIAEDEA GEISEA VAR. NiEVIA, NIGHT HERON. 523 



NYCTIAEDEA GRISEA var. N.EYIA, (Bodd.) AUeu. 

 American Night ILeroii. 



Botaiirus iia-riiis, Beiss., Orii. v, 1760, -l(i2. 



Ardea naria, Bodd., Planch. Enluin. Tab). 1784, pi. 939 (young). (Gray.) 



Nijcliardea iim-ia, GliAY, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 33, No. 10175. 



Xiicticorax iiuTia, Geay, G. ol' B. iii, 558.— SCL. & Salt., P. Z. S. 1873, 305 (Eastern Pern). 



yildktrdea grisea var. iiwi-ia. Ai.len, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 182.— CoUEs, Key, 1872, 269. 



y/icticontx grisens, Eeikh., Vicl. Nat. For. 1870, 25 (Brazil).— Allen, Bull. M. Z. C. ii, 359. 



{i) Ardea jamaicensis, GM.,ST,sr. Nat. i, 1788, 625. — Lath., lud. Oru. li, 1790, 679 (Ja- 

 rjinica Xight Heron of Gon. yyn. v, 54 ; rather J. riolacms). 



Ardea liomtli,GM., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 630. — L.vni., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790,700 (A. mexicana 

 a-istata, Bkiss. v, 218 ; Day Heron of Gen. Syn. v, 100). 



Ardea garden!, G.M., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 645. — Lath.', lud. Orn. ii, 1790, 685 {Gardenian 

 and Spotted Heron, Gen. Syn. 70, 71 ; Arct. Zool, Nu. 355). 



Xycticorax gardeni, Jakd., Notes Wils. Orn. — Bp., C. A. ii, 1855, 141. — GuNDL., .7. f. 0. iv, 

 1856, 346.— SCL. P. Z. S. 18G0, 387.— SCL. & Salv. P. Z. S., 1866, 199 ( ll Pern). 



Nyctiardea gardeni, Bd., B N. A. 1858, 678.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. \A'ash Ter. 1^60, 223.— 

 Wheat., Ohio Agric. Eep. 1860, No. 189 (rare).— CouEs & Pin;xT.. S. I. Rep. 

 1861, 415 (occasional).— BOAKDJL, Pr. Best. Soc. ix, 1862, 1^:8.- VEr,R.,Pr. Ess. 

 Inst, iii, 1862, 158 (Maine, breeding). — Allen, iWrf. iv, 1864, 76 (breeding abun- 

 dantly). — Coles, ibid, v, 1868, 290. — McIlwe., ibid, v, 1866, 92 (common). — 

 CouES, Pr. Pbila. Acad. 1866, 95 (Arizona). — Lawk., Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, 1866, 

 992.— Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii. 1868, 123 (South Carolina) —TunxB., B. E. Pa. 

 1869, 28.— Allen, Mem. Boat. Soc. i, 1868, 507 (Illinois).- Mayx., Guide, 1870, 

 144.— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 9. 



Nyctiardea grisea var. gardeni, Eidgw., Ann. Lye. N. Y. s, 1874, 386 (Illinois). 



Ardea nycticorax, Wils., Am. Orn. vii, 18-13, ICil, pi. 61 , f . 2 (uot of Linnwiis). — Bp., Obs. 

 Wils. 1825, No. 193; Syn. 1828, 306.— AuD., Orn. Biog. iii, 1835, 275; v, 1839, 

 600 ; pi. 236 ; Syn. 1839. 261 ; B. Am. vi, 1843, 82, pi. 363. 



Ardea maculata, FiiiscH, Av. ii, pi. 9. 



Ardea discors, NuTT., Man. ii, 1834, 54. 



Xycticorax americanus, Bp., List, 1838, 48. — TscH., Fn. Peru, 50.— GOSSE, B. Jam. 1847, 344. 



Hab. — United States and British Pro-\'inces. Breeds abundantly in New England. 

 AVinters in the South and beyond. Part of the West lodie.s. Mexico. Central Amer- 

 ica. South America (Peru, Tschudi, Scluter 4- Salrin; Chili, Danoin; Brazil, Pelzeht; 

 Falkland, Sclater). (Compare A. obscura, Lichtenstein.) 



Not obtained by the Expeditions. 



Observed by me on tbe Eed Eiver of the Nortb, near Pembina, Dakota, 

 in May. Like the ^i. herodias and Botauriis minor, this species goes quite 

 far north — a little beyond the limits of the United States. It breeds in 

 suitable places throughout its range, in colonies, sometimes of great 

 extent; and is resident in £he South. 



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BOTAUEUS MmOE, (Gm.) Bole. 



American Bittern. 



Botaurua freti-luidsonis, Bkiss , Orn. v, 449, pi. 37, f. 1.— Degl., Orn. ii, 309. 



Ardea freti-hudsonis, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas; Ardew, p. 49. 



Ardea luidsonias, Merr., Ersch. Grub. Ency. x. 175. 



Ardea stellaris var., Forst., Phil. Trans. Ixii, 1772, 410. 



Ardea stellaris var. 3, Botaurus freti-hudsonis, Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 680 (Edw., pl. 

 136; Gen. Syn. v, 58; Arct. Zool, ii, 451.) 



Ardea stellaris var. B, minor, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 635. 



Ardea minor, Wils., Am. Orn. viii, i814. 35, pl. 65, f. 3.— Bp., Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 186.— 

 AuD., Oi-D. Biog. iv, 183.-<, 296, pl. 337.— Newb., P. E. E. Eep. vi, 1857, 9() (Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon). 



Botaurus minor, BoiE, Isis, 1826, 979.— Br., List, 1838, 48; Cousp. ii, 1855, 136.— GuxDL., 

 J. f. O. iv, 1856, 346 (Cuba).— Gray, Haud-list, iii, 1871, 32, No. 10163.— Cuujjs, 

 Key, 1872, 269. 



Ardea lentiginosa, Mont., Oru. Diet. Suppl. 1813.— Jen., Man. 191.— Leach, Cat. 33.— 

 TEJirir., Man. Orn. iv, 381.— Flem., Brit. An. 96.— Eyt., Brit. B. 37.— Keys. & 

 Blas., Wirb. Eur. 80.— S.vb., Frankl. Journ. 683.— Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 



