COMMON HERON. 



537 



ORALLATORES. 



THE COMMON HERON. 



Ardea cinerea. 

 Ardea cinerea, Common Heron, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 10. 



major, 



The 



cinerea, Common 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



PLEM. Brit. An. p. 95. 

 >, SELBT, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 11. 



,, JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 186. 



>j GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Heron cendre, 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. 



