THE PURPLE HERON. 



OEALLATORES. 



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ARDEID^E. 



THE PURPLE HERON. 



Ardea purpurea. 



Ardea caspica, African Heron, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 28. 



,. MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



purpurea, Purple-crested Heron, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 15. 

 African Heron FLEM. Brit. An. p. 96. 



Crested Purple Heron, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 15. 

 Purple Heron, JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 186. 



., GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Heron pourpre TEMJI. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 570. 



THIS species is found in the temperate and warmer parts 

 of Europe, in Africa, and in Asia : and since the days of 



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