. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS 77 Nest. — On branches of trees and bushes near water ; loosely made ofsticks and lined with leafy twigs. Egys : 8 to 0, light bluish green. The green heron, with other mainly nocturnal herons, lives inwoody swamps, bogs, or sedgy marshes, and often hunts alongstreams and ponds. When startled it flies up with a hollow gut-tural scream, but soon lights on a stump or tree, looking aroundwith craned neck. It live
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS 77 Nest. — On branches of trees and bushes near water ; loosely made ofsticks and lined with leafy twigs. Egys : 8 to 0, light bluish green. The green heron, with other mainly nocturnal herons, lives inwoody swamps, bogs, or sedgy marshes, and often hunts alongstreams and ponds. When startled it flies up with a hollow gut-tural scream, but soon lights on a stump or tree, looking aroundwith craned neck. It lives largely on small fish, frogs, larva., andgrasshoppers, together with a variety of insects. 201b. A. V. anthonyi Meams. Anthony Green Heron. Similar to virescens, but decidedly lighter colored ; sides of neck brightyellowish chestnut. Length : , wing- ^.20, bill Distribution. — Arid i-egion of the southwestern United States, andsouth through Mexico ; north to Yreka, California. Anthonyi is a pale desert form of cirescem, with only local modi-fications of habit. GENUS NYCTICORAX. General Characters. — Bill compar
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