154 ARCTOMYS, ARDEA. 



1 4. ARCTOMYS. Spec. If. 



monax, (marmot,) ears short, round ; nose bluish : 

 tail longisb, hairy ; body grey, 



cmpetra, (Canadian marmot,) ears short, round ; 

 tail hairy ; body mixed grey above, orange be- 

 neath. About 11 inches long. Very gentle but 

 hisses. 



lpinuS) tail short ; colour greyish -yellow, becom- 

 ing ash-coloured towards the head. About the 

 size of a rabbit, and inhabiting high mountains; 

 near the limits of perpetual snow. 

 See MS. P. 



2 5. ARDEA. Spec. 87, 

 Section A. Head bald* 



eanadtnsisi (brown crane,) forehead naked, papil- 

 lose ; body cinereous ; wings testaceous on the 

 outside. Three feet long. 



(common crane,) hind-head naked, papil- 

 lose ; cap and quill feathers black ; body cine- 

 reous ; tail-feathers jagged. 5 feet long. 



americana, (hooping crane,) crown, nape and na- 

 ked temples papillose ; front, nape and prima- 

 ry quill-feathers black ; body white. 4 feet 6 

 inches long. 



Section B. Middle claw serrate inwardly. 



major, (common heron,) hind-head with long pen- 

 dant crest ; body cinereous ; line on the neck 

 beneath the pectoral bar black. Head of female 

 smooth. 



stellaris,( heron,) head sraoothish ; body testaceous 

 above with transverse spots, pater beneath^ 

 with oblong brown spots. 



