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“O°NIGHT HERON. Crass II. 
rest of the under parts grey; the vent white; 
the wings greyish brown streaked with yellow- 
ish white; some of the greater coverts are tip- 
ped with white; the quil feathers the same; the 
tail nearly the same; the legs greyish brown. 
The first instance recorded of this bird having 
been found in England was in May, 1782; 
when one was shot near London, which was 
preserved in the late Leverian museum. ‘The 
editor has heard of another having been killed 
in Suffolk. Ep. 
“One was killed at Clefden in Buckingham- 
shire. It is common in Spam and about 
.Gibraltar, but is every where more rare than 
the Heron. Inhabits China and India; and I 
have received it from North America, where it . 
extends south as far as Georgia, but is there 
smaller. It makes its nest both in trees and 
among the rocks; and lays three or four white 
pes qed 
