BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 16: 



ARDEA EG RETT A. Cm. 

 Great White Egret. 



Winter Plumage, Male. — General color, jDure white; bill and 

 eyes, yelknv ; feet and legs, black. 



Length 38, wing 16, tarsus 5.8c, bill 4.80. 



I include the Great White Egret on the authority of Dr. Bryant, 

 who remarks that a ''few were secnr I have never met with it in 

 the Bahamas. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. VI. pi. 370. 



ARDEA CANDIDISSI.VIA. Jacquin. 

 Little White Eguet. 



Adult Male. — Pure white; along occipital a crest of feathers, 

 and also dorsal plumes ; bill, black, yellow at the base ; legs, black, 

 yellow behind; toes, yellow ; iris, yellow. 



Length 22, wing 11, tarsus 3.50, bill 3. 



Dr. Bryant says of this species, that it is more abundant than 

 Ardea egretta. I have included it upon his authority. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. VL pi. 374. 



