EUROPEAN NIGHTHERON. 



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part, and the beak is of a different form to that of 

 either the Herons or Bitterns. In manners the 

 Nightherons somewhat resemble those of the above 

 birds : they build their nests in trees, and lay about 

 five eggs. 



EUROPEAN NIGHTHERON. 

 (Nycticor£ix Europeus.) 



Ny. crisfatus, capite, bccijnte, dorsoque ?i{gro-virescentibus, ahdo- 



mine Jlavescente-albo. 

 Crested Nightheron, with the head, occiput, and back, of a 



black-green ; the abdomen of a yellowish white. 

 Ardea Nycticorax. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1 . 235. Q. — Gmel. Si/sf. Nat, 



1. 624:.—Raii. Syn. 99. 3. — Briss. Orn, 5. 493. 45. pL Sg. — 



Lath. Lnd. Orn. 2. 6/8. 13. 

 Ardea maculata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 645. 80. young. 

 Ardea Gardeni. Ginel. Syst. Nat. 1. 645. 8 1 . young. — Lath. Ind, 



Orn. 2. 685. 32. young. 

 Ardea badia. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 644. 75, young. — Lath, Ind. 



Orn. 2. 686. 37. young. 

 Ardea grisea. Linn. Syst, Nat. I, 23Q. 22. young. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 625. 9. 8. young. 

 Botaurus naevius. Briss, Orn. 5, 462. 31. young. 

 Cancrofagus castaneus. Biiss. Orn. 5. 468. 34. young. 

 Le Bihoreau. Buf. Ois. 7,435. pi. l^.-^Buff, Fl. Enl. 758. 

 Butor tachete, ou Pouacre. Buff. Ois, 7. 427. young. — Buff, PI. 



Enl. 939. young. 

 Le Crabier roux. Buff, Ois, 7. 390. young. 

 Bihoreau a manteau noire. Temm. Man. d*Orni. 375, 

 Spotted Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 70. 31. young. 

 V. XI. P. II, 40 



