Cuass II. NIGHT HERON, 
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Ardea Nycticorax, A. crista A. capite levi fusco corpore 7, Nicur, 
occipitis tripenni alba ho- fuscescente subtus albo, re- 
rizontali, dorso nigro, abdo- migibus primoribus ‘apice 
mine flavescente. (iMas.) -macula alba. © (Femina). 
- Lath. : Ind. . orn. 678. 2d. .. Lath. Ind. orn. 678.° 
Syn. v. 52. id. Sup. i. 234. Ardea grisea. Gm. Lin. 625. 
Gm. Lin. 624. Le Heron gris. Brisson av. v. 
Le Bihoreau. Brisson av. v. A12. tab. 36. Pl. Enl. 759: 
403. ¢..39. Hist. @ois. vii. Wil. ‘orn. 204. Ee 
435. Pl. Enl. 758. Arct. Zool. i1..151. - 
Rai Syn. av. 99. 
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[THE bill, crown of the head, back and sca- Descrir- 
pulars of this rare species, are black; the last 
broad and long; ‘the forehead, cheeks, neck, 
and under: side of the body, white ;. the wings 
and tail of avery. pale ash color; the hind part 
of the head is most specifically distinguished 
by three very slender white feathers, five inches 
long, forming -a pendent crest; the legs are. of 
a yellowish green. ‘The length to the tip of the 
tail is one foot seven inches. The female dif- 
fers in color so much from the male, that it has 
been described by Brisson as a distinct species. 
The head and the upper parts of the body are 
of a glossy brown, but the latter tinged with 
grey; the lower part of the back and the rump 
are almost grey; the chin white; the fore part 
of the neck grey with yellowish streaks; the 
TION. 
FemMacez. 
