Part 29

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=119* White-fronted Heron=, Blue-Crane (e), Matuku, Notophoyx novae-hollandiae, Cel., Mol., N.G., A., T., N.Z.

Nom. v.c. about water 24

Face, throat white; upper, wings dark-gray; under gray tinged rufous; f., sim. Insects, crabs, yabbies.

=120 White-necked Heron= (Pacific), White-necked Crane (e), N. pacifica, A., T.

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Head, neck, breast, shoulder white; under, wings, tail upper blackish; f., smaller. Frogs, insects.

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=121 Lesser Egret= (Little, Spotless), Garzetta nigripes, Malay to N.G., A. [~121 Egretta nigripes.]

Nom. r. swamps 22

White; 2 long plumes from nape; feet, legs totally black; bill black; f., sim. Frogs, insects.

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=122 Reef Heron= (White, Blue, Sacred), Demiegretta sacra, Jap., Ind. to A., T., N.Z. [~122 Demigretta sacra.]

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Dark slaty-gray; bill yellowish-green; some birds are white; f., sim. Crabs, shellfish.

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=123* Nankeen Night Heron=, Nankeen Crane (e), Nycticorax caledonicus, Cel., N.G., A., T., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Night Heron. Frogs, insects, yabbies.

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Nocturnal; crown, nape black; long white plumes from nape; upper rich chestnut; abdomen white; neck, chest reddish-chestnut; f., sim.; young mottled brown, buff.

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=124 Minute Bittern=, Kaoriki, Ardetta pusilla, A., N.Z., =vt. Eur. Little Bittern. [~124 Ixobrychus pusillus.]

Stat. v.r. swamps 10

Crown, back, tail greenish-black; under pale-buff; hind-neck, shoulder deep-chestnut; bill, feet yellow; dark line from chin to lower breast; f., smaller; upper brown streaked chestnut; tail black; under white streaked brown. Water-animals.

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=125* Australian Bittern= (Black-backed), Boomer, Bull-Bird. Matuku-Lurepo, Botaurus poeciloptilus, A. T., N. Cal., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Bittern.

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Head, hind-neck, back dark-brown; wings brown marked buff; throat, under creamy-buff streaked dark-brown; bill yellow; f., smaller. Fish, frogs, yabbies, insects.

F. 56. Palamedeidae, Screamers, Unicorn-Bird, 3 sp. Nl.