RECORDS VOLUME XII, NOV 1920. lol 
BLACK-CROW NED NIGHT HERON, Nyc- 
ticorax naevius ( Bodd.) 
Fresh Creek, Andros, April 16.1874. Saw 
five or sixin adult dress. Thev started from 
the mangroves near the settlement and flew 
up the creek. 
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, 
Nyctanassu violacea Linn. 
South shore of Andros, April 27, 1884. Ob- 
tained two pairs which were about to breed, 
and afterwards found fresh nests on Leaf 
Key and other keys; empty, as yet, however. 
On April 28 found two sets of two eggs each 
in nests built in mangroves. These eggs 
were evidently well advanced in incubation. 
On the 28th found a fresh egg in a nest 
built ina button-wood tree. The species, is, 
asarule, however, not yet breeding. May 
5 or 6 being probably the time for gener- 
al laying. 2a Sed 
The nests are almost always placed low, 
sometimes only a foot from the ground, but 
