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KKY TO TIIK \VATi:U lURDS OF FLORIDA. 



Lcn-th. 40: Win;r. 15-25 ; Tarsus. 5.5^: TmII. 4.6c. 



Plumage >vhite ; hill yellow: leg:s and feet black. Ardea egretta. 



American Egret. Seepage 251 



Length. 28.50: Wing. 12.-5: Tarsus. 5.25 : Till. ;,.5o. 

 Plumage vk hite : legs dark olive : terminal half 

 of bill black : ba>al half flesh color. 



Ardea rufescens. 

 Reddish Egret white phase). 



See page 254 



Length. 23.50 : Win-. 0.50 : Tarsus. 3.75 : r.ill, 3.25. 

 Plumage entirely white: bill black, showing 

 vcllow at base: legs black; feet yellow. 



Ardea candidissima. 

 5nowy Heron. 

 Little White Egret. See page 23. 



Length. 22.50: Wing. 10: Tarsus. 3.50: Bill. 3.10. 

 Plumage white : tips of primaries washed 

 with grayish blue ; legs and feet greenish 

 Aellow. 



Ardea coerulea immature). 

 Little Blue Heron. Sec page 2 



Pluma2:e not w hite. 



Length. 50: Wing. 20: Tarsus. S: Bill. 6.50. General 

 color slaty or grayish variously marked with 

 Avhite. black, and brownish : hill ycUoiiush. 



Ardea wardi. 

 \\'ard's Heron. 



See page 250 



Length. 46: Wing. 1S.50: Tarsus. 7 : EilL 5. Similar 

 to Ward's, but somewhat smaller; bill dark. 



Ardea he rod las. 

 Great Blue Heron. 



.'^ee page 250 



Length, 29: Wing. 12: Tarsus. 5.40: BilL 3.80. Head 

 and neck rufous chestnut : rest of plumage slate 

 color : legs bluisli : terminal half of bill black ; 

 basal half flesh color. 



Ardea rufescen.*;. 



Reddish Egret dark phase of 

 plumage). See page 253 



