. Birds of New York. Birds. 266 NEW YURK STATE MUSEUM Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus) Yellow-crowned Xight Heron Ardea violacea Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. lo. 175S. 1:143 DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2. p. 228, fig. 199 N y c t i c o r a X v i o 1 a c e u s A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 203 nyctaiias'sa. Gr. nii;ht, and, dvaa-a-a, queen; Lat. viold'cea, violet-colored. Description. Bill very stout, mtich shorter than tarsus; general color bluish plumbeous striped above with black; top of head and elongated patch on its side white, rest of head black; bill black; lores greenish; eyes orange
. Birds of New York. Birds. 266 NEW YURK STATE MUSEUM Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus) Yellow-crowned Xight Heron Ardea violacea Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. lo. 175S. 1:143 DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2. p. 228, fig. 199 N y c t i c o r a X v i o 1 a c e u s A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 203 nyctaiias'sa. Gr. nii;ht, and, dvaa-a-a, queen; Lat. viold'cea, violet-colored. Description. Bill very stout, mtich shorter than tarsus; general color bluish plumbeous striped above with black; top of head and elongated patch on its side white, rest of head black; bill black; lores greenish; eyes orange. Young: Similar in color to the young of the preceding s]:)ecies, but the top of the head is blackish, marked with buffv white, and the quills slate color ivithont ru- fous markings. The general color is somewhat darker. Length 22-27 inches; ex- tent 44; wing ; tail 5; bill , depth at base .; tarsus ; tibia bare 2; middle toe and claw The home of this species is in tropical and austral America, north to Illinois and North Caro- lina, straggling northward as far as Nova Scotia. It is one of the rarest of herons in New York s4 State. Giraud and DeKay give no definite records and evidently took its occtirrence for granted, Charles Linden in the Buffalo List, page 7, speaks of it in the same indefinite terms. Mr Tru- man R. Ta\'lor of Rochester. N. Y., writes that he examined Yellow-crowned niglit herwn. N >'> tanassa violacea o ci^or>iTnon t'lllorl C(=>T''^ra1 -i't^ctrc (Linnaeus). Fmm specimen in State Museum. J nat. size ", SpeCUULU IvlUC U be\ LFai ) CdrS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eaton, Elon Howard, 1866-1934. Albany, University of the State of New York
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