452 ARDEA CINEREA. 



It is said to visit Norway, Faroe, and Iceland in summer ; 

 to be found in Sweden, Russia, and Siberia ; to extend from 

 tbence over tbe whole continent of Europe. The north and 

 even the south of Africa are visited by it ; and in Asia, the 

 Caucasus, India, Java, and Japan are included in its range. 

 It is nowhere found in America. 



Young. — "When fully fledged, the young bird has the 

 plumage less compact than the adult. The occipital crest is 

 short ; the feathers on the fore part of the neck, although 

 longish, are not acuminate ; and those on the back are of 

 the ordinary form. The upper mandible is dusky brown, 

 dull greenish-yellow toward the edges ; the lower mandible 

 yellow ; the iris yellow ; the feet dusky, tinged with yellow. 

 There is no white on the forehead, but the whole upper part 

 of the head is dusky, with a mixture of ash-grey. The 

 hind-neck is light grey; the back and wing-coverts deep 

 grey ; the quills and tail as in the adult. The fore part of 

 the neck is white, with a band of longitudinal black spots, 

 less numerous than in the adult ; and the lower parts of the 

 body are white, with some dusky streaks, except the sides, 

 which are ash-grey. 



Progress toward Maturity. — At the first moult the 

 plumage is as described in the adult. 



