The beak is brownish“ yellow; the upper mandiblh/‘dark
brown along the-upper ridge, and ah7the;«point: the hoie
green; the irides yellow,;- crown of, ^the. head brown, tinged
with red j ;from the forehead, before, over, and behind the
•eye, - a. streak, of »light yellow bro,wn «ofccfcpiit^ and tnape
-brown ; all the back of ,'the neck-below'the .nape bare ; inter-,
scapulars, back^ 3scapulars, and wing.-cb verts/ rich brown, the
centre of each feather the darkest and most uniferha in colour,
the edges freckled with the. darker-sbiown oh a ground jof
yellow brown all the • primaries .except the first' three and all
thf sedondariesrbrownish-black,*tipped with chestnu|^|^hilKtiS
also? freckled with brownish black ; all the 'shafts, blajclc; ’ ter-
tials freckled with dark,rb$pwnf -red -browa,: and bufFf^lupper
tail-coverts: buff, .freckled with' '.two ' shades-mf broWh ; -i|tail-
feathers_almost uniform reddish brown ;.'jehin and front olhthe
neck a mixture whiter buff, and dark brown iro streaks ;
ear-covert^ and a linef^degcending therefrom,,yellow brown:
between this and the ' throat in front an elongatedsdeaeduding
Streak of blacky the looseidongated .feathers of 'thefrontllnd
sides of the neck down to-- thejjiresfst,; are- -brownualong ^tMe
centre, bounded by a darker line, ; and»with broad edges of
pale buff: breast and belly buff, each feather with an elongated
Brown central patch ffvent. and under jaihcoverfcSIuni-
form buff;; legs and toesi greenish brown, j / th e 'claws^darkei.;
the middle elaw pectinated.
, Whole length about twenty-seven .'inches-/ From the
carpal joint to the end of the wing eleven inches and a-half.:
the first three quill-feathers nearly equal in length, and the
longest in the wing; the. first-quill-feather differs in form
from the second and third, being remarkably pointed at the
end, while the second and third are rounded.
GRALLATORES. ARDEJDÆ,
T H E N IG H T HERON.
Àrdea nycticorax, ^ Night Heron, ^ P enn. Brit. Zool. v o l.ii. p. 23, adult.
Y ,, Gardeni, ” Gardentan Heron, ,, ,, ,, p. 27, young,
f l f t f *5 ,, : JilóNi', Ornith. Diet, young.
H | qyctlpqrqx,., ^-,fNight B m ,» adplt.
E?L ,, ,, ,, BEwrcK, Brit. Birds, vol.ii. p. 13.
fjjSP?’v > . I—r • „ 1 PiÉjÿ/^Tit. An. p. 96.
Nycticorax,Européens, Common Night Heron, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 39.
Ardea riycticorax, > „ „ ,, J enyns, Brit. Vert. p. 191.
'N^Éicof’aé Européens, ' „ ,, .. Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi.
Ardea nyctieirrax, Bihoreau a manteàu noir, T emM. Man. d’Ornith. vol. ii.
p. 577.
JÏÏycticoTax ardeola, ,, ,, ,^Femm. Man. d’Ornith. pt. iv.
pi 384.