12,6 IiEttoxs AND Bt’t‘TEIiNS,

color of their legs 11nd feet serves as a distinguishingelmraeter at some distance. They are silent when feeding. but when undisturbed in their rookeries eueh bird seems to have something to s21}: and the result is a. strange chorus of erouking \‘oiees. They feed by 1111)’, 11nd generally wait for their prey to come within striking distance.

201. Ardea. virescens L/Im. L1 .1: (inr llERUX; Pom: (see Fig. 1‘3). _-t¢1,——Cro\\'11 and :1 short line lleliHV the eye glossy greenish black ; throat butl'y white, this color extending down the tereneek us 11 narrow lint: mixed with bluekish, widening on the breast: rest of the head and neek

rut'ous-ehestnut glossed with \‘inueeotls: lmek. u ith lengthened inters -t1pulztrs.

green, more or less washed with lJlUi>ll gray: \\‘i11:[-eo\'el'ts green. murgined with white or lrutl’)‘; helly :1sh_\' gray. more or less washed with burly. lm.v Similar. but with the neek 11nd under purts streaked with bluekish; buek : \\‘ing~eo\'erts widely mur- ' Tutu. 1'90: 13.. 2‘50.

: breeds 11s for north as Muni—

without lengthened t'euthers or wush ot' lulue—u't gined with ltutt'y oehrneeous. 1... 17'0”; \\'.

[Rang/e.#'l‘ropie111 11nd temperute ;\1ner1t tolm, ()nturio, und the, lay oI'Fuud)‘: winters from Florida southward.

Washington. Very eonnnon S. 11.. .\pl. 13 to Sept. Lone~ lslz111d7eommon S. R.‘ Apl. to Net. Sing Sing. common S. R. _\pl. 0'. to Sept. 2|}. Cambridge. common 5. R. May .3 to Sept.

Nest. 11 platform of stieks in :1 bush or low hruneh et' :1 tree. Ifg/g/N, three to six, pole. dull blue. 1'5“ x 1'14.

The shores of wooded streznns or ponds are frequented lw this small Heron in preference to more exposed situations. it is most netive in the early morningr or at nightfall. and during the day rests quietly in some sheltered situation. When startled. it springs into the air with :1 frightened squmelr. and. “lighting at a safe dislunee on :1 tree, or on some elevated perch, with upstretehed neek watches the intruder, be— t‘uying its apprehension hy nervous twitehings of the tail. it is a solitary bird, and, unlike most Herons. is never found in flocks.

202. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius 1 [rm/11;». )1l..r\f'ti“‘l!”\\'.\‘l'7h NIGHT lllikux; QI'AWK. xiv/r—‘Fm‘t‘llt‘tttl. lores. neek. 11nd under parts white or whitish : crown. upper lmek. 11nd seupulurs glossv. greenish ltlm'k‘. lower lmek. wings. and tail ushv gray: legs and feet yellow: lores greenish : two or three white rounded oeeipitul plumes idmnt MW in lenLrtl1.. Innml'pper pnrts

grtr 'sh hrown. the, feathers streaked or with wwlge-shnped spots- ot‘ white or huti miter web of prinmries pole rut'ous; under purts white. streaked with

lzlueush. I... 24'0“: W.. 12'1’10: 'l‘z1r.,:’,~‘2tl: 1%.. 5W0.

ll‘!!)l_//I’.—*Br0(‘(ln t‘rom .\l:1nitohz111nd New Brunswiek soutlnvnrd through South Amerien; winters from the (iult‘Stntes soutlnvurd.

Washington, not uneommon K. 11.. oeeusiouul in winter. Low: lshmd, common S. R.. Apl. to ()et.. :1 t'ew winter. Sing Sing. eonnnon 5.1L, Apl. 6 to Net. 20. (‘zunhridgtn l'. l{.. most eonunon in Aug. and Sept.

.Wsl. ot' stieks. in eolonies. generally in the upper parts of tall trees. some» times in bushes or on the ground. l:},/y/.~'. four to six. 11;11e,tlull blue,‘..’ 00 x 1‘41).