Bebds OB Indiana. 667 



lOy 188% tbffire weie hxga mnaheis itt the hermajy. Many were flying 

 OTer, eaxrying BEkLeks amd bmldiDig. 



The heEQury "Csane Heavett"' meirtioneA undter G'leat Bine Henon, 

 upsH snthorilgf of Mr. C. E. Aiksi, same twemfcy milfis; alacwe Water 

 VaMejr on, the KaiLkafcee, contained,, in 1886y greait nuaaaheirs of tins 

 sjieciesi They were nesting mpon the aaane tiees wiith A. her&dias. 

 Mr. J. G. PariiET, Jr., inf orma me that a large caliony bieeda every year 

 in Sandy Ho®k Mairsh, on the Eankakee Eirer, two miles south of 

 Kouts. The jmxjig^ tm&j fledged, are taikem thmuc^ June ami July. 

 Ordlinarily they depart in Sfeptemfeier and eaity October. Occasionally, 

 however, a few are' f ounii well into 'Smemh&n. Thes& Me birds gener- 

 ally are young. Ptol. B. W. Evermaaom took a. young female in 

 Carroll Codtaty November M, 18-84. This is the latest record), I have. 

 Ml. A. W. Hamitton took a yotung bird at Zanesville, Wells Coiunty, 

 November 13, 1896. Mr. Euthven Deane reports- two specimens at 

 English Lake November 16, 1893. 



They are usually ncetuimal in their habits, feiat sometimes, espe- 

 cially after the young are hatched, they may be seen hunting food by 

 day, as well as by night. The common name given t& it by those who 

 live near its eoloaiies, on accownt of iks note, is "^awk." 



auBGic."!TI3 MYCTINASSA STOJirasEE. 



*73. (203). ITycticorax vioktcens '{Lmm ). 



YelXow-crowned JTiglit Heron, 



Synonym, WHiTErCRQWUBD Night Heeojs. 



Adult. — Top of head and elongated pateh on side of head, white, the 

 first often staiHed with rusty barown, and in freshly killed or hvii^ 

 specimens deeply tinted with deUcaite prrmrose-yellow; rest of head, 

 black; plumage in general, bluish-plum,beous, plain beneath, but on 

 upper parts striped with black. Immature.' — Top of head, black; 

 above, sooty grayish-brown, streaked with dull white or pale buS, the 

 streaks more wedge-shaped on wing coverts; lower parts, soiled 

 whitish, striped with brownish-gray. 



Length, 23.00-38.00; wing, 10.50-13.65; bill, 3.50-3.00, tarsus, 3.10- 

 4.30. 



Eange.— America, from Brazil north to South Carolina, southern 

 Indiana, lower California, casually to Massachusetts and Colorado. 

 Breeds from southern Indiana southward. 



Nest, of sticks, in trees. Eggs, 4-5; pale, bluish-green; 1.96 by 1.43. 



Common summer resident in some localities in the lower Wabash 

 Valley. Breeds in colonies. 



