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ARDEA CINEREA. THE GREY HERON. 



HERON. HERONSHAW. COMMON HERON. CRESTED HERON. CORA-GHRIACH- 



Fio. 37. 



Ardea major. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 236. Adult. 

 Ardea cinerca. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 236. Young. 

 Ardea cinerea. Lath. Ind. Orn. IT. 691. 

 Heron cendre. Ardea cinerea. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 567. 

 Ardea cinerea. Common Heron. Flem. Brit. Anirn. 95. 

 Common Heron. Ardea cinerea. Selb. Ulustr. II. 11. 

 Ardea cinerea. Common Heron. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. 1S6. 

 Ardea cinerea. Bonap. Comp. List, 47. 



Adult with the forehead white; a black pendent occipital 

 crest; the fore-neck xohite, with longitudinal black spots ; the 

 upper parts and sides bluish-grey ; the breast black, with a 

 white patch in front; the abdomen and lower tail-coverts 

 white; the tarsus much longer than the middle toe and claw. 

 Young with the upper part of the head dusky grey ; the occi- 

 pital crest short; the upper parts and sides bluish-grey; the 

 lower white; the fore-?ieck white, with dark spots. 



