Plate CCCLXXVII. Male.
Bill greenish-yellow; feet leaden-grey; plumage chocolate-brown, the
upper parts glossed, with purple and brown reflections; fore part of
the head paler, inclining to grey, each feather with a greyish-white
central line; sides of the head and throat still lighter, and a small
portion of the throat whitish, these parts being streaked with
greyish-brown and greyish-white; lower eyelid white; hind part and
sides of neck marked with elliptical spots of white in regular series,
there being one on each feather, some of them extending forwards to
the posterior angle of the eye; some of the feathers on the middle of
the breast and the lower wing-coverts similarly marked with lanceolate
white spots; quills and tail glossy blackish-purple. Female somewhat
less, but similar. Young, when fledged, of a much lighter tint; head
and fore neck brownish-grey; excepting the quills, primary coverts,
tail-feathers, and rump, all the plumage marked with spots of white;
those on the neck elongated, on the back, wings, and breast
lanceolate.
_Male_, 25-3/4, 41. _Female_, 25, 42. _Young_, 23.
Confined to the Everglades and central parts of Florida, where it is
resident, but rather rare. Accidental on the Florida Keys.
Aramus scolopaceus, Bonap. Syn. p. 39.
Scolopaceous Courlan, Aramus scolopaceus, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v.
iv. p. 111.
Scolopaceous Courlan, Aramus scolopaceus, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p.
68.
Scolopaceous Courlan, Aramus scolopaceus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
iv. p. 543.