ARDEIDA — ARDEINZ: HERONS. 609 
tigiate feathers drooping far beyond the tail; neck closely feathered. Plumage entirely white 
at allseasons. Bill, lores, and eyes, yellow; legs and feet black. Length 36.00-42.00 (not in- 
cluding the dorsal train, which is a foot or more longer) ; extent 55.00; wing 16.00-17.00; tail 
5.50-6.50; bill 4.50-5.00; tarsus about 6.00; tibiz bare 3.50. averaging smaller than ¢. 
U.S. southerly, and much of W. L, C. and 8. Am.; straggling northward to Nova Scotia, 
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Fic. 458. — European Great White Egret, Herodias alba, 4 nat. sise. (From Brehm.) 
Canada, Minnesota, ete.; resident in the south. Breeds like other herons; eggs 3-4, 
2.20-1.55. ‘ 
), GARZET'TA. (Ital. name of a heron. Fig. 459.) Smani Ecrer Herons. Form of the 
preceding, but size small; length about 2 feet. Color white; an occipital crest, and short 
recurved train of stiff-shafted loose-webbed feathers in the breeding season ; lower neck-feathers 
lengthened, depending. (See fig. of the European species, G. nivea.) 
