2. ARDEA. 



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vinous cinnamon : ' upper mandible black, paler or horn-coloured 

 on the tomium ; lower mandible pale sea-green, deepening into 

 clear horn-yellow on the terminal half; ej-elids and horizontal space 

 . on lores light apple-green : tibiae and soles of toes apple-green ; 

 rest of legs and feet black ; iris gamboge-yellow " (Ridr/way). 

 Total length about 40 inches, culmen 5-5, wing 18-5, tail 7*2, 

 • tarsus 6-1. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having a slaty-black head, with 

 a little white loral streak, all the wing-coverts edged with rusty, 

 and with a tinge of rusty on the ear-coverts, and mixed with the 

 black and white feathers on the front of the neck ; the fore-neck and 

 under surface of the body broadly streaked with rufous ; thighs very 

 pale vinous. 



It is evident that the adult plumage in this species is not fully 

 assumed untU the second year, for in the Museum there are speci- 

 mens from British Columbia which have the elongated plumes of 

 the adult, but still retain a considerable amount of brown on the 

 forehead, have a fulvescent tint behind the eye, and the ear-coverts 

 lighter slaty brown, while the black and white streaked feathers on 

 the lower throat are strongly tinged with cinnamon. 



Specimens from Florida, sent as A. luuniemanni, seem to me to be 

 inseparable from A. Iierodias. 



Hub. Xorth America generally, south to Central America, the 

 West Indies to Venezuela, U.S. Colombia, and the Galapagos. 



a. Ad. St. 



h. Imm. sk. 

 c. c5' ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 

 f,L9- Juv. sk. 

 h. Juv. sk. 



i. Juv. sk. 

 Ti. Imm. sk. 



/. $ juv. sk. 



7W, n. Ad. et imm. 



.sk. 

 0. cJ ad. sk. 



p. Ad.sk. 



q. Juv. sk. 



r. Ad. sk. 



North America. 



J. J. Audubon, Esq. 



[P.]. 



N.W. America. 



Quatsimough Harhom-, West Dr. Lyall [P.]. 



coast of Vancouver Island, 



Sept. 

 Saturna Island. 



Fraser Hiver, British Columbia. 

 49th Parallel (G. Dawson). 



Big Moose Lake, Hamilton Co., 



New York, July 23 (C. H. 



Merrinm: Hensh. Coll.). 

 Locust Grove, N. Y., Aug. 6 



( C. H. Merriam : Hensh. 



Coll.). 

 Lyon's Falls, N. Y., Autr. 18 {A. 



J. Daifan: Hensh. Coll.). 

 Adirondack Mts., N. Y. (C. H. 



Merriam: Hensh. Coll.). 

 Gy^vvls, Swamp, Knox Co., 



Indiana, April {R. Ridgway : 



Hensh. Coll.). 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia. 



Bermuda, Nov. 



Florida. 



Dr. Lvall [P.]. 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 North Amer. Boun- 

 dary Commission 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Col). 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Capt. Savile Reid 



[c.]. 



Capt. Savile Reid 



[C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll 



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