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ARDEINJE. ARDEA. 
gated and loose, three or four very long linear, incurved occipital fea- 
thers, not present in winter ; upper part of the head and back glossy 
blackish-green ; anterior part of forehead and elongated occipital fea- 
thers white ; neck anteriorly yellowish- white, on the sides and behind 
shaded into pale lilac, the lower elongated feathers tinged with cream- 
colour ; breast and abdomen white ; wings, rump, and tail light 
greenish-blue, tinged with lilac. Female similar. Young, when 
fledged, with the upper parts pale purplish-brown, streaked and spot- 
ted with yellowish- white ; lower parts yellowish-white, streaked with 
light purplish-brown. Young a:^er first moult purplish-brown, ting- 
ed with grey above, brownish-white beneath, the upper part of the 
head dull greenish-black. 
Male, 25^2 , 44. 
Resident in the Floridas and Texas, where it breeds. Migrates in 
spring eastward as far as Maine, up the Mississippi to Memphis. Oc- 
curs one hundred miles inland. Rather common. Returns southward 
early in autumn. 
Night Heron or Qua-Bird, Ardea Nycticorax, Wil-s. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 3. 
Ardea Nycticorax, Bonap. Syn. p. 306. , 
Qua-Bird or American Night Heron, Ardea discors, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 54. 
Night Heron, Ardea Nycticorax, Ann. Orn. Biog. v, iii. p. 275 ; v. v. p. 600. 
366. 2. Ardea violacea, Linn. Yelldw-crowned Night 
Heron. ^ 
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Plate CCCXXXVI. Male and Young. 
Male with the feathers on the upper part of the head lanceolate and 
acuminate, those on the occiput very long and linear ; between the 
scapulae two longitudinal series of very elongated feathers with loose 
margins, the longest extending far beyond the tail ; occipital and dor- 
sal plumes not present in winter ; head and throat greenish-black, 
crown and band on each side below the eye white, the former tinged 
with reddish-yellow ; general colours light greyish-blue ; the feathers 
of the fore part of the back and wings with their central parts bluish- 
black, margined with bluish- white ; quills and tail dark greyish-blue ; 
edge of wings white. Female similar. Young in its first plumage 
dark greyish-white, beneath dull yellowish-white, streaked with 
dark brown. 
Adult, 28|, 43J. Young in October 23|, 40. 
A few spend the winter in Florida. Migrates in spring as far as 
New Jersey, up the Mississippi to Natchez. Never goes far inland. 
Not very abundant. Migratory. 
Yellow-crowned Heron, Ardea violacea. Wins. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 26. 
Ardea violacea. Bo nap. Syn. p. 306. 
White-crowned Heron, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 52. ’ 
Yellow-crowned Heron, Ardea violacea, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 290. 
