46 BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE GREAT WHITE HERON. 



(Ardcn alba, Linn. Lc. J let-on blanc, Buff. 



THE great white Heron is of nearly the same 

 bulk as the common Heron, but its leg's are longer. 

 It has no crest, and the plumage is wholly white, 

 the bill yellow, and legs black. 



Its character and manner of living are the same 

 as those of the common Heron, and it is found in 

 the same countries, though the species is not nearly 

 so numerous. It has rarely been seen in Great 

 Britain. Pennant, in his Arctic Zoology, says, it 

 is found in the Russian dominions, about the Cas- 

 pian and Black Seas, the lakes of Great Tartary, 

 and the river Irtisch, and sometimes as far north as 

 latitude 53. Latham says, it is met with at Xew 

 York, in America, from June to October; at dif- 

 ferent seasons of the year it is found in Jamaica, 

 and in the Brazils: and our circumnavigators have 

 met with it at New Zealand. 



According to Temminck, this is the young of the 

 ( Treat Egret. /Ardea Egretta, Linn.) 



