HERON. 



GRA LLATORES. ARDEA. 



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" The length about twenty inches. The bill two inches long General 

 to the feathers on the forehead, and of an orange-yellow; tion. 

 the lore and orbits the same : irides pale yellow. The 

 whole plumage snowy white, except the crown of the 

 head, and the upper part of the neck before, which are 

 buff. Legs three inches and a half long, and one inch 

 and a half of bare space above the knee : these parts are 

 nearly black, with a tinge of green ; the toes and claws 

 are of the same colour ; the middle claw pectinated. " 

 In the adult, the occiput, nape, and hinder part of the 

 neck is clothed with rigid open feathers of a saffron- 

 yellow. Throat, front part of the neck and breast, 

 white, tinged with sienna-yellow. Long flowing plumes 

 of the back ochre-yellow. Wings, tail, and under parts 

 of the body, pure white. 



SQUACCO HERON. 



ARDEA RALLOIDES. 

 PLATE VI. 



Ardea Ralloides, Scop. Ann/1. No. 121 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 581 



Shaw's ZooL 11. 573 Wagler, Syst. Av. 1. sp. 27- 

 Ardea comata, Pall Reise, 2. 715. 31 Lath. Ind. Ornith. 2. 687. 39, but 



not his var. B. 



Ardea Squaiotta, Gmel. Syst. 1. 634 Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 686. 3ft 

 Ardea Castanea, Gmel. Syst. 1. 633 Lath. 2. 687. 40. 

 Le Crabier de Mahon, et Crabier caiot, Buff. Ois. ^. 393. and 389. 

 Heron Crabier, Temm. 2. 581. 

 Cancrofagus luteus, Briss. Orn. 5. 472. 37. 

 Rallen Reiher, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 47. 

 Squaiotta and Castaneous Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 72. & 75. 

 Squacco Heron, Lath. Syn. 6. 74. 39 Sup. 2. 302. 9 Mont. Ornith. 



Diet. Sup Flem. Br. Anim. 1. sp. 5 Shaw's ZooL 11. 573. 

 Ardea erythropus,. var. B. Lath. Ind. 2. 686. 38. 

 Ardea pumila, Lath. 2. 683. 28. 



Ardea Senegalensis, Gmel Syst. 1. 645 Lath. Ind. 2. 684. 30. 

 Ardea marsigli, Gmel. Syst. I. 637 Lath. Ind. 2. 681. 20. 

 Cancrofagus rufus, Briss. Orn. 5. 469. 35. 

 Le Petit Butor du Senegal, Buff. Ois. 7- 393. 

 Le Crabier Marron, Buff. Ois. 7. 390. 

 Red-legged Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 73. 38. 

 Dwarf Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 77. 42. 

 Senegal Bittern, Lath. Syn. 5. 67- 29. 

 Swabian Bittern, Lath. Syn. 5. 60. 20. 



Adult of 



both 



Sexes. 



Young. 



