. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE iS^IGHT HEROX. NYCTICORAX GARDENI. Head, back, and scapulars, black, with blue and green reflections ; on the back of the head three very long narrow white feathers; lower part of the back, wings, and tail, jjearl-grey; forehead, streak over the eyes, and all the lower parts, white; beak black, yellow at the base; irides red ; feet yellowish green. Young birds have no crest: the upper plumage is dull brown streaked with yellow; wing-coverts and primaries marked with fish-shaped streaks, which are yellowish; under parts dull white, mo
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE iS^IGHT HEROX. NYCTICORAX GARDENI. Head, back, and scapulars, black, with blue and green reflections ; on the back of the head three very long narrow white feathers; lower part of the back, wings, and tail, jjearl-grey; forehead, streak over the eyes, and all the lower parts, white; beak black, yellow at the base; irides red ; feet yellowish green. Young birds have no crest: the upper plumage is dull brown streaked with yellow; wing-coverts and primaries marked with fish-shaped streaks, which are yellowish; under parts dull white, mottled with brown and ash ; bill greenish ; irides and feet brown. Length twenty-one inches. Eggs pale blue. The Night Heron is a bird of wide geographical range ; but, on account of its nocturnal habits and the rarity of its occurrence in this country, it has been little observed. A specimen was brought to me at Helston, Cornwall, about the year 1836, which had been shot in the dusk of the evening, on Goonhilly Downs. Its long and delicate crest had been stupidly tied into a knot, and by the bruised condition of these feathers tlie specimen, if it still exists in any museum, may yet be identified. The Night Heron is said to be not uncommon on the shores of the Baltic, in the wide marshes of Bretagne and. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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