BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 
SQUAWK. QUA BIRD. 
NyCI’ICORAX NYCTICORAX NAiVIUS. 
Char. Top of head and back greenish black ; forehead, sides of head, 
and throat white ; wings and sides of neck bluish gray ; no plumes except- 
ing two long narrow white feathers at back of head ; lower parts white 
tinged with pale creamy yellow. Young ; above, grayish brown ; beneath, 
dull white, streaked with browni.sh. Body stout; bill thick and black ; 
legs short and yellow. Length 23 to 26 inches. 
In a community situated near the bank of a stream ; placed on 
an upper branch of a tall tree, — sometimes placed on the ground in a 
swamp ; a simple platform of dry twigs. 
4-6; pale green tinged with blue ; 2.00 X 1.50. 
The Great Night Heron of America extends its migrations 
probably to the northern and eastern extremities of the United 
