. Baby bird-finder ... by Harriet E. Richards and Emma G. Cummings .. . back dark glossy green, bluish onwings, neck reddish. Below, neck and breast reddish brown ; throat and line down neck white ; bill and legs green- t ish yellow. Immature. Similar, but breastwhite streaked with reddish brown. Frequentsedges of rivers, ponds and salt marshes ; whenalarmed it flies off heavily to a tree-top orskulks into some A short, abrupt skeowNest. Near water, in low trees or Throughout. May to October. 61 i 202. Nycticorax nycticorax nasviusBLACK=CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 24 in
. Baby bird-finder ... by Harriet E. Richards and Emma G. Cummings .. . back dark glossy green, bluish onwings, neck reddish. Below, neck and breast reddish brown ; throat and line down neck white ; bill and legs green- t ish yellow. Immature. Similar, but breastwhite streaked with reddish brown. Frequentsedges of rivers, ponds and salt marshes ; whenalarmed it flies off heavily to a tree-top orskulks into some A short, abrupt skeowNest. Near water, in low trees or Throughout. May to October. 61 i 202. Nycticorax nycticorax nasviusBLACK=CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 24 inchesAdult. Above, forehead white, crown and backthree long, white plumes extend from the backof the crown ; wings and tail bluish gray. Bel owwhite; bill black; legs yellow. light brown, streaked and spotted withwhite. Below whitish, streaked with plumage of the young is so different thatthey are often mistaken for another Quawk, Nest. In large colonies, in trees near Local summer resident. April till late fall. 62. : RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS212. Rallus virginianus VIRGINIA RAIL. Pinches Adult. Above, streaked, dark brown and olive ; sides of headgray, line from eye to bill white ; wings reddish brown ; short tailheld erect, white underneath ; bill reddish, long and curved. Be-low, breast rich chestnut brown ; rlanks black, barred with Similar but throat whitish ; breast blackish. Foundin open fresh water marshes secreting itself in the reeds andgrasses, runs and looks like a tiny hen. Note. Cut,cutLi,cuttaNest. On the ground in a meadow or bog. Breeds. Throughout, commonly in southern and central to October. 63 214. Porzana Carolina SORA. inchesAdult. Above, feathers at base of bill black; head brown withblack stripe ; back brown streaked with black and white ; sides ofhead and line over eye grayish ; short tail held erect, yellowishbeneath. Below, throat and middle of breastblack; fla
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