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 Gen. LIX. ARDEA. Li 



187 sp. * Ardea purpurea. Lin. The pm^ple Heron. 



Nest. May — June, among reeds, or on low trees. 



Eggs. 4-5, greenish blue, generally of a deeper colour than those of the A. cinerea. 



187 « 



187^ 



187 c 



188 sp. * Ardea egretta. Lin. The great white Heron. 

 Egretta alba. Bonap. 



Nest, on trees in the vicinity of water, in the southern States of North America. 

 Eggs. 3, pale greenish blue. 



188 « 



188 5 



188 c 



