. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. BLACK-CROWNKD HKRON. SQUAWK. QUA lURD. NyCIICOKAX N\C riCORAX Char. Top of heid and back greenish black ; foiehcad, sides of head, and throat white ; wings and sides of neck bluish gray ; no pinnies except- ing two long narrow wliite feathers at back of head; lower parts white tinged with pale creamy yellow. Young: above, grayish brown ; beneath, dull white, streaked with bro
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. BLACK-CROWNKD HKRON. SQUAWK. QUA lURD. NyCIICOKAX N\C riCORAX Char. Top of heid and back greenish black ; foiehcad, sides of head, and throat white ; wings and sides of neck bluish gray ; no pinnies except- ing two long narrow wliite feathers at back of head; lower parts white tinged with pale creamy yellow. Young: above, grayish brown ; beneath, dull white, streaked with brownish. Hody stout; bill thick and black; legs short and yellow. Length 2-', to 26 inches. A'est. Tn a community situated near the bank of a stream ; placed on an upper branch of a tall tree. — sometimes placed on the ground in a swamp ; a simple platform of dry twigs. Exgs. 4-6; pale green tinged with blue ; X 150. The Great Night Heron of America extends its migrations probably to the northern and eastern extremities of the United i. 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 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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