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ARDEID.E. 



carpal surface of tlie wing and the tertials reddish brown ; the 

 wing-coverts buff; breast pale buff, with long streaks of 

 dusky brown in the line of the feather ; thighs in front pale 

 buff, without streaks, but varied with brown streaks behind ; 

 vent, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts, pale buffy 

 white ; legs, toes, and claws, reddish brown. 



The dark-coloured streaks on the neck and breast, and the 

 broad light-coloured margins of the feathers on the upper sur- 

 face of the body are lost by degrees. 



