THE WHITE-FRONTED HERON 



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Blue Heron. 



\\ hiLc-uijoted Heron. 



Genus Demiegretta. 



Bill not serrated, but the upper mandible notched near the tip, 

 longer than the tarsus ; the latter longer than the middle toe. Tail 

 of twelve feathers. Eastern Asia to Australia and Polynesia. 



