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BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
70. ARDEA ALBA. L. C.M. 
White Heron. Kotuku. 
A. flavirostris. WaAGL. 
Pure white ; skin on the side of the head,.greenish ; bill, yellow ; legs, 
black ; in the breeding season both sexes are ornamented with long 
white dorsal plumes. 
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Variable in size. 
Both Islands, Chatham Islands, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, 
and North America. 
71. ARDEA NOVA HOLLANDIA. Lath. C.M, 
BuiuisH GREY ; throat, forehead and over the eye, white ; breast, tinged 
with pink. 
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£gg.—Pale bluish geeen ; length, 1:85 ; breadth, 1:25. (Gould.) 
Both Islands, Australia, Tasmania. 
72. ARDEA SACRA. Gml. C.M, 
Blue Heron. Matuku. 
A, Matook. GRay. 
SLATE-GREY ; brownish on the wing coverts; chin and throat, white ; 
legs and feet, yellowish green. 
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Egg.—Pale greenish blue ; length, 1:9; breadth, 1-4. 
Both Islands, Chatham Islands, Polynesia, India, Japan. 
73. ARDEA PUSILLA. Vieill. C.M. 
Little Bittern. 
Botaurus minutus. Haast. Ardeola Nove Zealandie. PuRDIE. 
Back and quills, dark brown ; top of the head, greenish black ; front of 
the neck, buff, passing into chestnut towards the back of the neck, a 
stripe of chestnut streaked with brown, down the front of the neck ; 
wing coverts, buff, striped with dark brown; abdomen, buffy-white, 
streaked with grey. In the young the back is varied with rufous, and 
some of the primaries and secondaries are tipped with the same color. 
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South Island, Australia, Natal. 
