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those that hang down from the lower part of the neck, 

 are wanting. The forehead, crown, hinder and lateral 

 parts of the neck, the back, and wing-coverts, are deep 

 grey. The throat, belly, abdomen, and inner part of 

 the thighs, are white. The fore part of the neck is 

 spotted with blackish-grey. The upper mandible is 

 blackish-brown, and the under one greenish-yellow. 

 The lores yeUowish-green ; the legs and feet grey, or 

 brown, tinged with yellow. The bare part of the tibia 

 greenish-yellow. 



CRESTED PURPLE HERON. 



ARDEA PURPUREA, Linn. 

 i 



PLATE III. 



Ardea purpurea,' Linn. Syst. 1. 236. 10 Gmel Syst. 1. 626 Lath. Tnd.^ 



Orn. 2. 697- 72. 



Ardea Botaurus, Gmel. Syst. 1. 636 Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 698. 74. 

 Ardea rufa, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 692. 55. 

 Botaurus rnajor,\Bms. Orn. 5. 455. 28. 

 Ardea stellaris major, Rail, Syn. 100. 13 Will. 208. 

 Grand Butor, Buff: Ois. 7- 422. 

 Heron pourpre', Temm. Man. d'Ornith, 2. 570. 

 Purper Reiher, Meyer., Taschenb. Deut. 4. 27. t. 2. 

 Crested Purple Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 95. 65 Shaw's Zool. 11. 556. 

 Greater Bittern, Lath. Syn. 5. 58. 18. 

 Greater Speckled or Red Heron, Will (Angl.) p. 283. 

 Rufous Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 99. 72. 



Ardea purpurata, Gmel. Syst. 1. 641. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 698. 75. 

 Ardea Caspica, Lath. Ind. 2. 698. 73. 

 Ardea variegata, Lath. Ind. 2. 692. 56. 

 Heron pourpre, Buff. Ois. 7- 369. Youfl ff. 



Purple Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 96. 66. 



African Heron, Lath. Syn. Sup. 237 Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Ardea rubiginosa, Gmel. Syst. 1. 632 Lath. Ind. 2. 693. 58. 

 Rusty Crowned Heron, Arct. Zool. 2. No. 358 Lath. Syn. 5. 87- 53. 



THIS beautiful Heron stands in the list of our Fauna as a Rare visi - 



tant. 

 rare visitant ; for it appears that, prior to the publication of 



MONTAGU'S Ornithological Dictionary, only two specimens 

 had been recorded as killed in England. Since that time 

 Natural History has made rapid advances> and from having, 

 as a science, been more generally cultivated, has induced a 



Adult 



