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ARDETTA NEOXENA Con'. 

 Cory's Bittern.* 



Top of tlie liciul. l);ick, and tail dark L;reL-nisli l)lack. show- 

 ins;- a green gloss when held in the light. S'/Wis of the head 

 and tJiroat rufous chestnut : the feathers on the hack of 

 the neck showing greenish black tijis: breast and under parts 

 nearly uniform chestnut, shading into dull black on the 

 sides; wing coverts dark rufous chestnut; all the reniiges 

 entirely slaty plumbeous ; under tail coverts dull black. 



Wing, 4.30; Tarsus, 1.40; l!il!, i.So. 



This interesting little Bittern wa.s described by me in 1S86 from a speci- 

 men taken in the Everglades of Florida. Since then a dozen or more 

 specimens have been secured, most of them from Florida, but one was taken 

 near Toronto, and another in Michigan. It is probablv not uncommon in 

 some localities, but its retiring disposition makes it seem rare, as it is seldom 

 seen. 



Subfa:mily ARDEIN.E. Herons and Egrets. 



Genus ARDEA Linn. 



Subgenus ARDEA. 



ARDEA OCCIDENTALI5 And. 

 Great White Heron. 



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Adult : (ieneral plumage entirely luJiitc ; bill yellow: upper part of the leg near the feath- 

 ers, and soles of the feet yellow : the lower part of the leg from the knee to the foot (tarsus) yellow. 

 Length about 50; Wing about 1S.50 to 20; Dill, 6.50; Tarsus, 8.50. 



* When I described this bird in i886 I gave it no English name, sini])ly calling it ncoxcna (new and strange). The com- 

 mittee of the American Ornithologists' Union liave since done me tlie honor of giving it mv name. 



