62 HERON. 



Calcutta : it seems to differ considerably from the bird of the same 

 name, though its manners are much the same:* it draws its neck in 

 between the shoulders, and darts it out to its utmost length on a 

 sudden, in the manner of the Bittern. 



In the drawings of Sir J. Anstruther is one, very nearly answer- 

 ing to the last described ; head and neck yellowish buff-colour; from 

 the nape two long feathers. Bill yellow, half the end black ; bare 

 part between the bill and eye green ; all the back chestnut brown ; 

 the wings, under parts, and thighs, white ; legs yellow. With this 

 is another, streaked and spotted as the reputed female of the Night 

 Heron. I make no doubt but the male had lost at least one of the 

 usual three elongated nape feathers, but in two others I observe at 

 at least six long ones at the nape, in other respects the figures do not 

 materially differ. One of these answering to the last description, in 

 the drawings of Lord Mountnorris, had six feathers at the nape ; 

 the wings and tail even in length ; name, Bugha. 



23.— NEW-HOLLAND NIGHT HERON. 



LENGTH two feet; shape of the Night Heron. Bill like it, and 

 black; plumage above brown, thickly marked with dusky streaks, 

 and many of the feathers edged with ferruginous ; several of the 

 lesser wing coverts pale, or whitish, with dusky black shafts ; quills 

 dusky, four of the outer ones white, for one inch and a half from the 

 base, and the inner parts of the webs white; tail eight inches long, 

 and grey, the middle feathers more or less barred with dusky ; the 

 three outer ones white within, but barred and tipped with dusky ; 

 tail cuneiform ; legs black ; from knee to toe six inches. 



Inhabits New-Holland : probably a female bird. 



* Dr. Buchanan. 



