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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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5; bill along theridge 3T22, along the edge of lower mandible 4^; bare part of tibia 1?; tarsus3i; middle toe 3; its claw ff. Weight 1 lb. 14 oz. Young after first moult. Bill and bare space about the eye yellowish-green, the ridge of the uppermandible, and part of the lower towards the end, black. Iris bright red.Feet pale greyish-yellow. At this period the occipital feathers are notdeveloped. The general colour of the upper parts is light greyish-brown,the edges of the feathers paler; that of the lower parts dull white, tingedwith grey and cream colour, with the central part of each feather greyish-brown; the feathers of the back and wings, as well as the secondary quills,have a long triangular spot of brownish-white at the end; the rump and tailmore tinged with bluish-grey. The Adult Female resembles the Male. Amaryllis Atamasco, Willd. Sp. PL, vol. ii. p. 51. Pursh, Flora Amer. Sept., vol. i.p. 222. This species, which grows in swamps, and moist woods, in Virginia and /.» PL3fi*.
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f ™^ S</<_ ) £<?//^ YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 89 Carolina, is characterized by having an acute bifid spatha, an erect funnel-shaped corolla of a pale rose-colour or pure white, with a short tube at thebase, the segments nearly equal, as are the declinate stamens. It flowers inJune and July, and attains a height of from eight inches to a foot. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. H-Ardea violacea, Linn.PLATE CCCLXIV.—Adult and Young. The Yellow-crowned Heron, which is one of the handsomest species ofits tribe, is called Cap-cap by the Creoles of Lower Louisiana, in whichcountry it is watched and shot with great eagerness, on account of theexcellence of its flesh. It arrives about New Orleans toward the end ofMarch, and departs in the middle of October. On arriving, they throwthemselves among the thickets along the bayous, where they breed. Likethe Night Heron, this species may be enticed near by imitating its cries,when it approaches, cutting many curious zigzags i

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