THE NIGHT HERON 



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As its name implies, this bird has a crown of glossy black 

 feathers, with two or three long white occipital plumes. It 

 is a southern bird, but it breeds as far north as Massachusetts 



LITTLE GBEBN HERON. 



and Illinois. Like its twin, the Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, 

 it is half-nocturnal in its habits. When at night in Florida 

 you hear a bird say "Quawk!" and repeat it to you from the 

 depths of the mangroves as your boat glides by, you know it is 

 a Night Heron. Both these species have beautiful plumage, 



