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on the Birds of St. Croix. 
Aud. pi. 336. A. jamaicensis, and A. cayanensis , Gmel. [nee 
Selby). " Grey Gaulin." 
Not very common, and generally inhabiting the Mangrove 
swamps, though leaving them to feed in the interior of the 
island. Towards evening one may often see this species soar¬ 
ing at a vast height. It breeds, we are inclined to believe, in 
St. Croix ; but we never obtained its eggs. 
"An adult male, shot July 25th, 1857, had the bill black, 
pale yellow about the base ; iris and orbit bright golden-yellow ; 
legs and feet bright king's-yellow, the larger scutellations deep 
brown. The stomach of this example, which was killed about 
three o'clock in the afternoon, was quite empty."—A. N. 
This species when immature may be easily recognized from 
the common American Night Heron ( Nyctiardea gardenii , Baird), 
which is found in Jamaica and some of the other West Indian 
islands, by its much stouter bill, the more rufous colouring of 
the upper parts, especially the crown of the head, and the almost 
entire absence of the light-coloured triangular spots which tip 
each feather of the back and shoulders *. 
48. [?]—• (?) Egret. Egrettci (?)—(?). "White Heron." 
White Herons are said to have been seen not unfrequently in 
St. Croix; but we are unable to say whether more than one 
species occurs, or to suggest which it may be. 
" I saw a white Heron about the size of the species last 
noticed, at Krausse's Lagoon, August 14th, 1858."—E. N. 
49. [?] Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias , L.; Wils. 
pi. 65. fig. 2; Aud. pi. 211. "Heron." 
"In March and April, and again in August, 1857, I occa¬ 
sionally saw an example or so of what must, from its size, have 
been this species, though I never procured a specimen."—A. N.. 
" This bird may possibly breed in the island, as I observed 
* A bird shot at Great Yarmouth, in May 1824, being considered to 
belong to this species (Youell, in Linn. Trans, xiv. p. 588), the “ Cayenne 
Night Heron ” has accordingly been inserted in the British list by Mr. 
Selby (Brit. Qrn. ii. p. 43) and some other authors; but this specimen 
still exists in the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney, and the opinion of that 
gentleman and Mr. W.R. Fisher on the point may be seen in their admirable 
“ Account of Birds found in Norfolk ” (‘ Zoologist,’ 1846, p. 1322). 
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