THE BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 



477 



No. 215. 



BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 



A. O. U. No. 202. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.),. 



Synonyms. — Qua-bird ; Quawk ; Night Squawk. 



Description. — Adult in breeding plumage : Extreme forehead and line over 

 eye white ; entire under parts white, — pure on chin and throat, elsewhere delicately 

 tinged with light ashy gray or lilaceous; crown, nape, and scapular-mantle (in- 

 cluding back and interscapular region) lustrous greenish black; the occipital 



Taken in Columbus. 



Photo by the Author. 



A HERON THAT IS OUT All, NIGHT MUST BS A VgRY TEMPEEATg BIRD TO BE 

 REALLY SURE wMch END HE IS STANDING ON IN THE MORNING. 



