AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Shalf redish; Legs and Naked part of the thigh dark 

 dirty red; feet J Webbed — toes Very long particularly 

 hind one, inside of the Wing richer than Outside 



List of the Watter Birds of North America taken 

 from Turton's Linne 



American Avoset, head, Neck & Breast rufous — Bill 

 Black, Legs pale blue — 



Blue Crane, Head, & Neck dark purple — 3 Long 

 narrow pendant feathers 6 Inches beyond Eye — 

 Length — 23 Inches extent 3 feet 



Snowy Heron — 2 1/12 feet — extent 3 2/12 — orange 

 yellow round the Eye — Irids vivid Orange — Whole 

 plumage White — (Head Largely Crested — 4 Inches) 

 breast Do upper back feathers recumbent and Loose — 



Night Heron, Bill Blk 4J Inch Skin about eye Blue, 

 Irids Red, Cap'i deep Blue — 3 White feathers Issuing 

 — Back deep blue — Vent & belly White, Legs & feet 

 Light Buff — Length 2 4/12 — extent 4 feet — 



Great White Heron Bill yellow. Legs & feet claws 

 Blk; Whole body White, Back feathers falling far over 

 tail — Length 3 feet 6 to end of tail, 7 or 8 Inches Long 

 to extremities of back feathers — 



Stormy Petrel — 



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