Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. pp. 626, 630; 645 (1788). 



496 BRITISH BIRDS. 



NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX. 

 NIGHT-HERON. 



(Plate 38.) 



Ardea grisea, j 



Ardea mexicana cristata, > Briss. Orn. v. pp. 411, 412, 462 (1760). 



Ardea botaurus nsevius, 1 



Ardea nycticorax, Briss. Orn. v. p. 493, pi. xjxix. (1760) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 235 

 (1766) ; et auctorum plurimorum — Scopoli, Latham, Gmelin, {Bonaparte), 

 Jenyns, Vieillot, Wagler, Boie, Temminch 8f Schlegel, Degland ^ Oerle, Lichten- 

 stein, Finsch, Heuglin, David Sf Oustalet, &c. 



Ardea kwakwa, I ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ 



Ardea ferruginea, | jt rr j \ j 



Ardea cyanocephala, Molina, Sagg. Star. Natural. Chili, p. 344 (1782), 



Ardea n»via {Briss.), Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 56. no. 939 (1783). 



Ardea jamaicensis, " 



Ardea hoactli, 



Ardea gardeni, 



Ardea maculata, 



Nycticorax infaiistus, Forst. Syn. Cat. Br. B. p. 69 (1817). 



Nycticorax europseus, Steph. Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 609 (1819). 



Ardea sexsetacea, I ^^.^^^ ^^^ ^ MHhod. iii. pp. 1130, 1131 (1823). 



Ardea tayazaguira, j " rr ; v / 



Nycticorax gardenii {Gmel.), Jardine, Wils. Am. Orn. iii. p. 6 (1832). 



Nycticorax vulgaris, 1 ^^^ ^ 



Nycticorax orevipes, 1 -^ " . " ' ^ ■" 



Ardea discors, Nutt. Man. Orn. U. S. ii. p. 64 (1884). 



Nyctiardea europijea {Steph.), Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 365 (1837). 



Nycticorax amerioanus, B«nap. Comp. List B. Eur. ^ N. Amer. p. 48 (1838). 



Ardea (Scotaeua) nycticorax {Briss.), Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Fur. p. Ixxx (1840). 



Nycticorax ardeola, Temm. Man. ^Om. iv. p. 384 (1840). 



Nycterodiua nycticorax {Briss.), MacgiU. Man. Brit. B. ii. p. 127 (1842). 



Nycticorax griseus {Briss.) I ^^^ ^ ^ g^g 



Nycticorax nsevius {Briss.), I ' 



Scota^us nycticorax {Briss.), I ^^^^ ^^^^^_^^ gg 



Scotaeus guttatus, I 



Nyctiardea gardeni {Gmel), Baird, B. N. Am. p. 678 (1858). 



Nycticorax segyptius {Hasselq.), Ourney, Anderss. B. of Damara Ld. p. 293 (1872). 



Nyctiardea nycticorax {Briss.), Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soo. 1871, p. 413. 



The Night-Heron was first recorded as a British bird by Latham (Gen. 

 Syn. iii. p. 53), who mentions a male in the Leverian Museum, which 

 was shot not many miles from London in May 1783. Since then 

 it has been obtained in our islands at least fifty times. Most of these 

 occurrences were in the southern and eastern counties ; but it has 



