. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 249 ARDETTA NEOXENA Co? Bittern.* Top of the head, back, and tail dark greenish black, show-ing a green gloss when held in the light. Sides of the headand throat ?vfotcs chestnut; the feathers on the back ofthe neck showing greenish black tips ; breast and under partsnearly uniform chestnut, shading into dull black on thesides; wing coverts dark rufous chestnut; all the remigesentirely slaty plumbeous ; under tail coverts dull black. Wing, ; Tarsus, 1
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 249 ARDETTA NEOXENA Co? Bittern.* Top of the head, back, and tail dark greenish black, show-ing a green gloss when held in the light. Sides of the headand throat ?vfotcs chestnut; the feathers on the back ofthe neck showing greenish black tips ; breast and under partsnearly uniform chestnut, shading into dull black on thesides; wing coverts dark rufous chestnut; all the remigesentirely slaty plumbeous ; under tail coverts dull black. Wing, ; Tarsus, ; Bill, This interesting little Bittern was described by me in 1886 from a speci-men taken in the Everglades of Florida. Since then a dozen or morespecimens have been secured, most of them from Florida, but one was takennear Toronto, and another in Michigan. It is probably not uncommon insome localities, but its retiring disposition makes it seem rare, as it is seldomseen. Subfamily ARDEIN^. Herons and Egrets. Genus ARDEA Linn. Subgenus ARDEA. ARDEA OCCIDENTALIS White Adult: General plumage entirely white; bill yellow; upper part of the leg near the feath-ers, and soles of the feet yellow; the lower part of the leg from the knee to the foot (tarsus) about 50; Wing about to 20; Bill, ; Tarsus, * when I described this bird in 1886 I gave it no English name, simply calling it neoxena fnew and strange). The com-mittee of the American Ornithologists* Union have since done me the honor of giving it my name. * 250 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. This species is resident in Florida, occurring most commonly in thesouthern part of the State. It has been recorded from Cuba and is not common now and is becoming less so every year. The birds breed incolonies, the nest being a mass of sticks placed in mangrove trees. Theeggs are usually from three to four, pale bluish in color. ARDEA WUERDEMANNI Heron. Ad
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