BIRBS. (5&ALL&. 34. Ardeaf. 53 



thcrs, warfy : crown, forepart of the neck and quills 

 black : from the pinion of the wings a tuft of loose 

 laccra-ed cusle i feathers. 



Crane. P.r. ZooL app. t. 6. Levin, t. 144. Walcot t. 124. 



Length 5 feet or more : wfigtit about 10 pounds. 



J5/7/4 inches long, olive-green -.front covered with black down or 

 bristles : back of the head bald, red, beneath this a grey fpot ; sides 

 of the head and bark of the perk whitish : tail grey, tipt with 

 black, nearly covered with the loofe leathers irom the pinions of 

 the wings : /<rg.r bhu k. 



153. A. Ucvniu. White, with bald blackish orbits: quill- 

 feathers and greater coverts black : bill, legs, and 

 skin ied. 



White Stork. Leu.' in t. 145. Albint. 64. Walcot t. 125. 



Length 3 feet 3 indies : size of the Turkey. 

 Bill 7 incues and a half long : some of t\\c fcapulan black. 



154. A. Aj/mVa/vu. Hind-head with a crest of 3 white 

 feathers dusky at the ends: crown and back greenish- 

 "black : wings and tail pale ash-colour. Fern, head 

 without e-eV, brown: back brown: over the eye a 

 whitish stre.k: primary quill-feathers with a white 

 spot at the tip. 



Night Heron. Lew in t. 146. Albin t. 49. Walcot t. 126. 



Length 20 inches. Bill 3 inches 3 quarters long, black with a 

 yellowish bafe : iris orange ; lores and orbits yellow-green ; front 

 \vitha white band: neck and under parts whitish : leg s yellow i.-li- 

 green : middle-claw ferrate on the inner edge. Female, with yel- 

 lowish streaks on the fore-part of the neck : wings grey-brown, 

 with yellowish-white streaks; some of the coverts and quili-fea- 

 thers tipt with white. 



155. A. stellaris. Hind-head hardly crested : above pale 

 yellow buck-colour with transverse black spots, be- 

 neaih paler with obi (yog ones. 



Bittern. Lew in t. 147. Albin i. t. 68, Walcot. t. 127. 



Length 2 feet and a half: weight 22 ounces. 



Bill 4 inches lor>, horn-colour inclining to green at the bafe: iris 

 yellow : crown and (pot at the corners of the mouth black -. feathers 

 on the hind-head, neck and breast, long and loofe : legs pale green : 

 inner-edge of the mi ddle-claw ferrate. 



156. A. niwuta. Head without crest : crown, hack, quills 

 and tail gTccnish-biac'k : neck, breast, and wing- 

 coverts bull-colour. Fern, above brown, the feathers 

 with pale rufous margins ; beneath paler : crown, 

 back, quills and tail black. 



Little Bittern. Br. ZooL app, t.S. Leu'in t. 148. Donovan t. 54. : 



Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the toe 30 inches. 

 Bill 2 inches and a half long> greenish-yellow : belly and vent white : 

 hind part of the neck bare : shoulders with a large bay fpot: larger 

 ^ing-coverts whitish, lesser yellow-buff: thighs feathered to the, . 

 knees ; legs dusky-green -.middle- claw ferrate on the inner side. 

 Ffmati. front furrounded by a bay line. 



157. A. comata. # Heq,d without crest : body white ; 

 upper-par of the. head, hind-part of the ueckj breast, 

 and back inclining to rufous. 



Squacco Heron. Linn. Trans, iii. p. 335. PI. enl. 910. 



Length 21 inches. Bill yellow, between which and the eyes bare: 



