BIRDS — ARDEIDAE — DEMIEGRETTA PEALII. 



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Comparative measurements of Ardeae. 



DEMIEGRETTA PEALII, Baird. 



Feale's Egret. 



.irdea pealii, Bonap. Syn. 1828, 304.— Is. Am. Orn. IV, ISS."), 96 ; pi. xxvi, f. 1.— Ib. Oss. Ciiv. 100.— Nuttall, 



Man. II, 1834, 49. 

 Egretta pealii, Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. IV, 1848, 127. 



Sp. Ch. — Color pure white. Terminal half of bill black. Length about 30 inclies ; wing, 13 ; tarsus, 5.70 ; bill above, 

 4 inches. 



Hob. — Seaccast of South Florida. 



Bill, with the culmen concave along the middle ; the gouys convex, and rising from 



