-.82 AEDEID^. 



West Indies) ; Eidgw. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 129 (1887) ; Nelson, 

 Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, p. 94 (1887) ; Merrill, Auk, v. p. 143 

 (1888: Fort Klamath) ; Chapm. i.e. p. 269 (Gaiusville, Florida) ; 

 Evermann, t. c. p. 347 (Indiana) ; Feilden, Ibis, 1889, p. 498 

 (Barbados); Shufeldt, Journ. Comp. Med. S,- Sure/., July 1889; 

 F. H. Allen, Auk, vi. pp. 76, 78 (1889: New Hampshire); 

 Hasbrouck, t. c. p. 236 (Brown Co., Texas); Pindar, t. c. p. 312 

 (Kentucky) ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 244 (1889) ; Ridgiv. Br. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. xii. pp. 114, 120 (1889: Duncan Isl., Galaijagos) ; 

 Loomis, Auk, vii. p. 3-5 (1890: S. CaroHna) ; Cherrie, t. c. p. 332 

 (Costa Eica) ; Mortimer, t. c. p. 337 (Florida) ; Nortkrop, Auk, 

 viii. p. 77 (1891 : Andros Isl.) ; F. H. A lien, t. c. p. 165 (Cape 

 Breton) ; Cory, t. c. p. 294 (New Providence), p. 295 (Berry Isl.), 

 p. 296 (Bimini Isl.), p. 297 (Inagua) ; Palmer, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 259 (1891 : Perce Eock, Canada) ; Thmnpson, t. c. p. 489 

 (Manitoba) ; Scott, Auk, ix. p. 9 (1892 : Jamaica) ; Lairr. t. c. 

 p. 43 (Gray's Harbour) ; Atticater, t. c. p. 232 (S. Antonio, Texas) ; 

 Cherrie, t. v. p. 329 (San Jose, Costa Rica) ; Cory, Cat. B. West 

 Ind. p. 89 (1892) ; Diciyht, Auk, x. p. 8 (1893 : Prince Edward 

 Isl., breeding) ; W/iite, t. c. p. 223 (Mackinac Isl.) ; Hartert, Ibis, 

 1893, pp. 311, 325 (Curafoa). 



Ardea hudsonius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 2.38 (1766: e.v Edwards) ; 

 Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 632 (1788) ; Tcmm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 566 

 (1820). 



Le Grand Heron d'Amerique, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 385 (1780). 



Great Heron, Latk. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 85 (1785) ; Nutt. Man. 

 Orn. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 42 (1834). 



Eed-shouldered Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 42 (1834). 



Adult male. Geaeral colour abore slaty blue, the scapulars and 

 innermost secondaries with elongated plumes of lighter grey, 

 shading off into ashy or hoary white towards their ends ; the lower 

 back and rump rather lighter than the rest of the back ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail-feathers slaty grey; wing-covcrts like the back, 

 the greater series dusky on the inner webs and slaty grey on the 

 outer ; the inner secondaries slaty grey like the back ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills black, externally dusted with slate- 

 colour ; head much crested ; forehead, crown, and eyebrow white, 

 with a broad black baud running from just before the eye along 

 the sides of the crown and meeting on the nape, where it is pro- 

 duced into a long pointed crest : sides of face white, like the cheeks 

 and throat ; neck dusky vinaceous brown, the lower throat and 

 fore-neck minutely streaked with black and white, the feathers of 

 the fore-neck elongated, of a dull ashy colour, becoming white 

 towards the ends, the middle feathers white, broadly streaked with 

 black, the feathers being margined with black or grey ; sides of 

 breast with a large patch of black drooping feathers having broad 

 white Centres, with an inner shoulder-patch of white feathers 

 tinged with cinnamon ; remainder of under surface of body white, 

 with black marginal markings, producing a striped appearance ; 

 under tail-coverts pure white ; on each side of the abdomen a broad 

 line of black, some of the feathers streaked with white and some 

 white on the outer web ; sides of the body, axillaries, and under 

 wing-coverts slaty blue ; edge of wing cinnamon-coloured ; thighs 



