ARDEA NYCTICORAX. 
NIGHT HERON. 
Generic Character. See Ardea Major, 
Ardea Nycticorax^ C 'Mas ); crista occipites tripenna 
alba horizontally dorso nigro ; abdomine 
flavescente. 
Night Heron. (Male.) Crest on the hind head white^ 
horizontal, of three feathers; back black; 
belly yellowish. 
Ardea Nycticorax, ( Fcem J; capite loevi, fusco ; 
corpore fuscente subtus albo; regimebus 
primoribus apice maculato alba. 
Night Heron. ( Female. J Head smooth, brown ; 
body brownish, beneath white ; first quill 
feathers with a white spot at the tip. 
Ardea Nycticorax. Lin. Si/st. v. 1. p. 235. GmeL 
Lin. Sj/st. V. 2. p. 624. Baii Syn. p. 
99. 3. Lath. Ind. Orn. v. %. p. 678, 
Bris. Av. V. 5. p. 493. t. 39. 
Botaurus ncevius. Bris. Orn. 5. 462. 31. 
Cancrofagus castaneus. Bris. Orn. 5. 468. 34. 
Le Bihoreau. Hist.d'Ois. v.7. p.4t3^. Pl.Enl.lbS. 
Bihoreau a manteau noire. Tejum. Man. Orn. 
ed 2. pt. 2. p. 577. 
Ardea Grisea. Gmel. Lin. p. 625. 
Le Heron Gris. Bris. Av. 20. 5. p. 412. t. 36. 
PI. Enl. 759. 
Nycticorax europoeus. Gen. Zool. v. p. 2, 
p. 609. pi. 47. 
Night Heron. Arct. Zool. v. 2. p. 151. Br. Zool. 
Sw. ed. V. 2. p. 23. Lath. Si/n. v. B. 
p. 52. lb. Sup. p234. Mont. Orn. Diet. 
lb. Sup. Bewick's Br. Birds, pt.2. p. 53. 
iENGTH about one foot eight or nine inches; bill 
strong, thick, nearly four inches in length; irides red 
