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ARDEIP.E. 



GRALLATORES. 



ARDEID^. 



THE COMMON HERON. 



Ar. 



lea cinerea. Common Heron, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 10. 



major, ,, 



The 

 cinerea. Common 



Heron cendr^. 



Mont. Ornith, Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 8. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 95. 



Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 11. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 186. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 



Temm, Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 567. 



Ardea. Generic Characters. — Beak long, strong, straight, compressed, in a 

 lengthened cone ; upper mandible slightly channelled, ridge rounded. Nostrils 

 lateral, basal, pierced longitudinally in the groove, and half closed by a mem- 

 brane. Legs long, slender, naked above the tarsal joint. Toes three in front, 



