. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ers 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 backwards; those of its lower part infront elongated and rounded; on the back ovato-oblong;those on its fore part elongated, the r
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ers 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 backwards; those of its lower part infront 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 Egrets. Their food is the same as that ofthose genera. They nestle on the ground, 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. NIGHT HERON. NIGHf Fig. 36. Ardea Nycticorax. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 23o. Adult. Ardea grisea. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 239. Immature. Ardea Nycticorax. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 678. Adult. Ardea obscura, badia, and Gardeni. Lath. Toung. Bihoreau a manteau noir. Ardea Nycticorax. Temm. Man. dOrn. II. 577. Night Heron, and Gardenian Heron. Mont. Orn. Diet. Ardea Nycticorax. Night Heron. Fleni. Brit. Vert. Anim. 96. Common Night Heron. Nycticorax Europceus. Selb. Illustr. II. 39. Ardea Nycticorax. Common Night Heron. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 191. Nycticorax Gardeni. Bonap. Comp. List. 48. Adult with three white, black-tipped, linear occipitalfeathers ; the crown and nape, with the fore part of the backand the scapulars greenish-black ; the icings and tail bluish-grey ; the
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