AVES ARDEID^. 



Tail, 1.9. 



Tarsus, 1.7. 



The adults of both sexes are of about the same size. 



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Fig. 211. 



Fig. 212. 



ArdcttainvoliuTis, P. U. O. C. 



The same : details of the unteathered parts 

 of leg and foot. 



Color. — (Male cited.) General color. Back striped black, cinnamon 

 and buff Neck dry corn-color. A black and cinnamon cap on head. 

 Lower parts white, striped with corn-color and brown. 



Head : A median cap of deep black elongated feathers. The mid 

 forehead bright cinnamon, which divides when the black cap is reached 

 and forms a narrow bright cinnamon border on each side. This border 

 gradually becomes narrower and disappears toward the back of the crown. 

 Feathered portion of lores and entire sides of head and face dry corn- 

 color, finely washed with greyish. A dark narrow line of cinnamon 

 divides this from the white region of chin and throat. 



Neck : Dry corn-color washed with grey and cinnamon. The feathers 

 of the sides of the neck form a sort of frill and, being long, cover the 

 top of the neck, which is almost naked and has no contour-feather tract. 

 The chin and throat dull white, with a median stripe or line of dull yel- 

 lowish corn-color, sometimes tinged with cinnamon. Rest of the neck 

 white, with central streaks, and the terminal portion of many of the 

 feathers dull yellowish corn-color, having blackish mid lines. 



Back : Mantle striped in general effect, each feather elongate and dark 

 blackish brown in the center, shadinsT into brig^ht chestnut or cinnamon, or 

 changing abruptly into buffy cream or dull ochre. The scapulars with 

 blackish brown centers bordered with creamy buff, the two colors being 

 generally separated by a narrow line of bright chestnut or cinnamon. 



