. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . on the upper partof the head and nape elongated, oblong ; some of those onthe occiput very long, linear, forming a pendent, erectilecrest; on the neck, especially its hind part, rather long, andinclined obliquely backAvards; those of its lower part infi-ont elongated and rounded; on the back ovato-oblong;those on its fore part elongated, the res
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . on the upper partof the head and nape elongated, oblong ; some of those onthe occiput very long, linear, forming a pendent, erectilecrest; on the neck, especially its hind part, rather long, andinclined obliquely backAvards; those of its lower part infi-ont elongated and rounded; on the back ovato-oblong;those on its fore part elongated, the rest small and somewhatdowny; on the lower parts long and rather loose. Wingsbroad, of about twenty-six quills; the second and thirdlongest, the first a little shorter. Tail short, even, of twelvebroad, rounded feathers. Species of this genus occur on both continents. Theyare more active than the Herons, and less graceful in theirmotions than the Egiets. Their food is the same as that ofthose genera. They nestle on the giound, or on trees orbushes, laying three or four broadly elliptical pale blue eggs. Only one species is found in Britain, where it is of veryrare occurrence. 433 NYCTICORAX GARDENI. THE GREY NIGHTHERON. NIGUT HERON. MGIIT Fig. 3G. Ardca Nycticorax. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 235. Adult. Ardea grisca. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 239. Immature. Ardea Nycticorax. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 678. Adult. Ardea obscura, badia, and Gardeni. Lath. Young. Bihoreau a mantcau noir. Ardea Nycticorax. Temm. Man. dOrn. II. 577. Night Heron, and Gardenian Heron. Mont. Orn. Diet. Ardea Nycticorax. Night Heron. Flem. Brit. Vert. Anim. 96. Common Night Heron. Nycticorax Europoeus. Selb. Illustr. II. 39. Ardea Nycticorax. Common Night Heron. Jen. Lrit. Vert. An. 191. Nycticorax Gardeni. Bonap. Comp. List. 48. Adult icith three tchite, hlack-tipped, linear occipitalfeathers ; the croicn and nape, icith the fo7e part of the hackand the scapulars greenish-hlack ; the wi?i(/s and tail bluish-(jrey ;
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