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the front of the neck are white, with a long spot of 
black on one web of each,—behind these are some 
long pointed feathers lead-grey, but getting lighter 
towards the breast; drooping down over the breast 
from the front of the neck are some very long nar- 
row feathers nearly white, which almost conceal the 
breast; the breast and flanks are black; the belly, 
under tail-coverts and thighs are white,—some of 
the feathers on the belly are streaked with black ; 
legs and toes greenish yellow; claws brown. The 
young bird has the forehead dusky; the crest is not 
so long as in the adult; the sides of the face and 
back of the neck are bluish grey; all the rest of the 
upper parts are a shade or two darker than in the 
adult, and there are none of the long narrow whitish 
feathers; the fore part of the neck is marked as in 
the adult, but the long drooping feathers over the 
breast are wanting; the breast and flanks the same 
colour as the back; belly and under tail-coverts 
white; thighs white and grey mixed. 
The eggs are bluish green, without spots, and 
rather small for the size of the bird; not pear- 
shaped, like those of so many of the Waders, but 
largest in the middle, and both ends nearly the 
same. 
Seuacco HErRon, Ardea comata. Yarrell includes 
Somersetshire amongst the counties in which this 
beautiful little Heron has been taken, and upon his 
authority, as well as from what I have been told by 
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