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waders, such as' the Night-Heron ' TinfFr*^^ tree-loving 
bill, and Cdossy Ibis The uS m Je h 1 
of these birds, when disturbed^and floaUng hi“the®‘^-^‘”“'“'°">' 
nurseries, must be heard to be believed. ^ 
Ejgs.— From three to six in number nf 
colour. Axis, I '65-1 -9 inch; r2-i-35. ’ ^ g''eemsh-blu/ 
the night-herons, genus NYCTICORAX 
Nycticorax, Rafin. Analyse, p. 71 (1S15). 
Type, N. riycticorax (I..). 
feafcrsS'SX l^lve .ail- 
the naked portion of the tibio-tarsurhef ^"1 Herons, 
of the inner toe. The bill is sto.ir r ** length 
without any serrations in eiA ^ SHile 
tinct notch just before the tin of ‘ showing a dis- 
about equal to the tarsus in Rna £ 
the same length as the middle tS Md dlw 
a% iwo, a„,,«i,„es three. d,„„pi„g X”e7 ^fthe 
do'*, SgatT,™ !SiZTlf r •!“ ’« 
suited to their habits. Ten species nrf T '^l™ate is un- 
Co,., me, NighhHero,, ia the m'^os. ,,mSj dTSufed"'’'''’ 
>, i.« coMMOd Nvci.coRag NvcTrconax, 
A deanyciicorax, Linn. Svst N-,f ; / 
Nycticorax gardeni, Macg. Br B iv' n t 
Nycticorax griseits, Dresser, B. Eur'iv' , 
B. O. U. List Br. B. p. taSSA • ?’ ^'^ 79 ) ; 
Br. B. iv. n. ine . t Mr A ed. Yarn 
vii. (1888) ; Saunders, Alan. 
-^jAicorax ,iyai^orax, Seeh. Br B iv r 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x.wi. p. 146. ' ’’ Sharpe, 
