236 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linn.). Black-crowned Night 
Heron.— On June 8, 1904, while in Grenada, I examined a fine 
adult skin of this bird (unsexed) which had been obtained about a 
month previously by Mr. Charles Yernet near St. George’s. 
At Harvey Yale, Carriacou, on August 29, 1904,1 saw a fine adult 
of this species in the swamp near the oyster beds, but failed to 
obtain it. 
The British museum possesses skins of this heron that were 
obtained on St. Yincent by Mr. G. Whitfield Smith, and two which 
he procured on Grenada, in 1890. 
Other West Indian records are : Jamaica, Bahamas, Cuba, Isle of 
Pines, Porto Rico, St. Kitts, Antigua, and Trinidad. 
This bird is probably a rare resident in the swamps throughout 
the Lesser Antilles. 
Nyctanassa violacea (Linn.). Crabier ; Yellow-crowned 
Night Heron. — On September 12, 1908, at Barbados, I purchased 
an immature female of this species from a negro near Bathsheba, 
St. Joseph, who had caught it a few days previously. It was one of 
a flock of seven which had appeared in the vicinity of Bathsheba. 
This particular bird had managed to get inside of a kitchen house in 
a small village, and was there captured. 
The Yellow-crowned Night Heron is uncommon on St. Yincent. 
On October 27, 1903, while hunting for bats in a large cave near the 
town of Barrouallie, I surprised one of these birds that had evidently 
gone in there to spend the day. The British museum has several 
skins from this island, obtained by Mr. G. Whitfield Smith. It is 
unknown to most of the inhabitants, but appears to occur regularly 
about Calliaqua and Young’s Island. 
On Bequia it is not uncommon, although from its habit of spend¬ 
ing the day among the mangrove roots it is rarely seen unless a care¬ 
ful search is made for it. I met with it on Mustique, Mayreau, 
Canouan, and Prune. On Union Island it is very common in the 
vicinity of a large mangrove-bordered pond near the northern coast, 
and is often seen at other points. On Carriacou it is abundant, 
especially about Harvey Yale where one or two may be seen in the 
pastures at any time hunting for crabs. It is common on Grenada, 
especially near the sea. 
This bird is mainly nocturnal, coming out of the mangrove 
swamps at dusk to hunt for crabs in the pastures and to fish along 
