170 KFA' TO Till': AVATICIJ lilRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Lcnt;lh, 40; ^^"in5^, 15.25 ; Tarsus, 5.50; Bill, 4.6c. 



Plumage white; bill yellow; legs and feet black. Ardea egretta. 



American Egret. See page 251 



Len-th, 28.50; Wing, 12.25: Tarsus, 5.25 : r.ill. 3.50. 

 Plumage white ; legs dark olive ; terminal half 

 of bill black : basal half flesh color. 



Ardea rufescens. 



Reddish Egret (white phase). 



See page 25 



Length, 23.50 ; \Ving, 9.50 ; Tarsus, 3.75 : V,\\\. 3.25. 

 Plumage entirely white : bill black, showing 

 yellow at base; legs black; feet yellow. 



Ardea candidissima. 

 Snowy Heron. 

 Little White Egret. Sec paij 



Length, 22.50; Wing, 10; Tarsus. 3.50; r>ill, 3.10. 

 Plumage white ; tips of primaries washed 

 with grayish blue ; legs and feet greenish 

 yellow. 



Ardea coerulea (immature). 

 Little Blue Heron. See page 2 



Plumage not white. 



Length, 50; Wing, 20 : Tarsus. S; i;ilI,6.5o. General 

 color slaty or grayish variously marked with 

 white, black, and l)rownish : biU ycIhnvisJi. y\rdea wardi. 



Ward's Heron. 



See page 250 



Lengt]i,46: Wing, tS. 50: Tarsus. 7 : r.ill. 5. Similar 

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



Ardea herodias. 

 Great Blue Heron. See page 250 



Length, 29; Wing, 12; Tarsus, 5.40; P.ill, 3. So. Head 

 and neck rufous chestnut ; rest of plumage slate 

 color; legs bluish; terminal half of bill black; 

 basal half flesh color. 



Ardea rufescens. 



Reddish Egret (dark phase of 

 plumage). See page 253 



