. North American birds eggs . the commonspecies. 201b. Anthony Green Heron. Butiirides riresrens aiUhonyi. A lighter, desert form found in the arid portions of the interior of southwest-ern Ignited States and Mexico. 0» ■ ■*■■ ■ ■ ^ ^^\ -^r ^?^ i&Hi>^>-- NEST AND EGGS OF GREEN HERON. 202. Black-cpowned Night Heron. Nyctimrax nycticorax nxvius. Range.—North America from southern British Provinces, southward; wintersalong the Gulf coast and beyond. A well known bird, often called quawk from the sound of its note frequent-ly heard in the evening. While, in some localities, only a few pairs
. North American birds eggs . the commonspecies. 201b. Anthony Green Heron. Butiirides riresrens aiUhonyi. A lighter, desert form found in the arid portions of the interior of southwest-ern Ignited States and Mexico. 0» ■ ■*■■ ■ ■ ^ ^^\ -^r ^?^ i&Hi>^>-- NEST AND EGGS OF GREEN HERON. 202. Black-cpowned Night Heron. Nyctimrax nycticorax nxvius. Range.—North America from southern British Provinces, southward; wintersalong the Gulf coast and beyond. A well known bird, often called quawk from the sound of its note frequent-ly heard in the evening. While, in some localities, only a few pairs of thesebirds are found nesting together, most of them gather together into large colo-nies during the breeding season. In New England they generally select a re-mote pine grove as their breeding grounds. If not disturbed they will returnto this same place each year. Their nests are built of sticks and lined withsmall twigs, and are placed well up towards the tops of the trees. North American Birds Eggs. 99. Frequently several nests will he foundin the same tree, and I have counted asmany as fifty nests in view at the sametime. In lar^e swamps in the south theygenerally nest at a low elevation, while inthe marshes of Wisconsin and Minnesota,large colonies of them nest on the ground,making their nest of rushes. Like allHeronries, those of this species have anauseating odor, from the remains of de-cayed tish, etc., which are strewn aroundthe bases of the trees. Their eggs num-her from three to five and are of a palebluish green color. Size 2.(10 x —Uxliridge, Mass., May .W, 18!), eggs. Nest of sticks, about thirty feet up in a pine tree. JNIany otlier , H. A. Smith. 203. Yellow-crowned Night Heron. lialftreuK. Range. — Subtropical America, breeding along the Gulf coast and to JjjwerCalifornia; casually farther north, to Illinois and Scjuth Carolina. A handsome grayish colored species, with long lanceolate plumes on the
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