l68 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



ARDEA LEUCOGASTRA VAR. LEUCOPRYMNA. {G71!.) (Llcht.) 



Louisiana Hrron. 



Adult Male. — Bill, black and yclhnv; bare space in front of the 

 eye, yclloiv ; general plumage, above slaty blue; crest, reddish pur- 

 ple, mixed with dull white; throat, white, mixed with chestnut, 

 heaviest on the lower part, the whole continuing down the front of 

 the neck; under parts, white ; under tail-coverts slightly edged with 

 bluish; legs, yellowish green; iris, red. 



Length 25, wing 10.50, tail 3.50, tarsus 4, bill 4. (Florida 

 skin.) 



I have never taken this bird in the Bahamas, and have therefore 

 included it on the authority of Mr. N. B. Moore, who gives it in his 

 list as occurring on Fortune Island. While on Andros Island dur- 

 ing the latter part of January, I observed two birds which I believed 

 to be of this species, but was unable to approach within shot of them. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. VI. pi. 373. 



ARDEA CYANIROSTRIS. Cory. 

 IxAGUA Heron. 



Adult Male. — General appearance of the last species. Above, 

 slate-color; crest and base of the neck, purplish, the former mixed 

 with white ; throat, white, mixed with reddish brown, narrowing^ 



