4*8 WHITE HERON. Class II. 



account of it. The length to the end of the feet is 

 fifty-three inches and a half, to that of the tail 

 only forty; the breadth fixty inches; the weight 

 forty ounces. 



The bill is yellowifh ; the naked fkin between 

 that and the eyes green ; the edges of the eye-lids, 

 and the irides, are of a pale yellow ; the legs are 

 black ; the inner edge of the middle claw ferrated : 

 the whole plumage is of a fnowy whitenefs. This 

 bird is very common in many parts of Europe ; 

 "Turner fays, that in his time this fpecies bred 

 (though rarely) in the fame places with the com- 

 mon fort : but we believe it to be feldom found 

 with us at prefent, any more than the fmall fpecies 

 of crefted white heron mentioned by Leland^ un- 

 der the name of Egritte, in one of the bills of fare 

 in the magnificent feafts of our anceftors *. 



* Leland's colletfanea, Vol. 6. L' Aigrette. Brijfon a<v, 

 V- 43 '• 



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