KEY TO 
Length, 27.50; Wing, 10.50; Tarsus, 3.60; Bill, 3.10. 
Plumage tawny brown, streaked with dark brown. 
Length, 26; Wing, 10; Tarsus, 3.50; Bill, 3.80. Elon 
gated feathers on crown chestnut and white ; 
throat white with brown stripe down the 
middle. 
Length, 24; Wing, 12; Tarsus, 3.60; Bill, 3. Bill 
thick — black; crown of head white and buff. 
Immature birds are mottled brown having outer 
web of primaries slate color, not rufous brown. 
Length, 24; Wing, 12; Tarsus, 3.40; Bill, 3. Bill 
thick —black; crown greenish black. Imma- 
ture birds are mottled brown, having the outer wely 
of primaries pale rufous brown. 
Length, 22.50; Wing, 10; Tarsus, 3.60: Bill, 3. Head 
and neck purplish brown; rest of plumage slaty 
blue; legs and feet black. 
Length, 22; Wing, 10: Tarsus, 3.60; Bill, 3. Plu 
mage partly grayish blue, partly white. 
Length, 17; Wing, 7; Tarsus, 1.80; Bill, 2.50. Crown 
dark greenish; neck chestnut with a line of buffy 
white down the middle of throat; legs greenish 
yellow; belly pale. 
THE WATER BIRDS OF 
FLORIDA. 
IVI 
Botaurus lentiginosus. 
American Bittern. Sce page 247 
Ardea tricolor ruficollis. 
Louisiana Heron. See page 254 
Nycticorax violaceus. 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron. 
See page 25y 
Nycticorax nycticorax nzvius. 
Night Heron. See page 258 
Ardea coerulea. 
Little Blue Heron (adult). 
See page 256 
Ardea coerulea. 
Little Blue Heron (immature). 
See page 256 
Ardea virescens. 
Green Heron. See page 257 
