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Q ALTRICIAL GIIALLATOUES — IIERODIONES. 



B« Tibiw and border of the wing white. 



4. A. cinerea. I'ilcum aixl occiiiitiil jduincs bkck ; forclicad niitl cptitro of crown white (ii^ 



ill A. heroiliiin). Ntrk riiu'ivous. CiiiiiicM, 4.80; tursuH, G.tKMi.iJ ; wing, I8.fil». Halj. 



Europe, etc. Accidi-ntal in Southern (irecnhind. 

 [5. A. cocoi.'] Entires iiiicuni (indudini,' lorclK iid, etc.) nnd occipital plumes Mack. Neck 



white. (Julnicn, 5.«5-(i.76 ; tarsus, 7.:i(.>-8.CK.» ; wing, 18.50-19.60. llaO. South America 







Ardea occidentalis. 



THE OBEAT WHITE HEBON ; WttBDEUAKirB REBOH. 



a. White i)li(ise. 



Ardea oecidenMii, Atrn. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 542; V. 1839, 590 | Synop. 1839, 264; W. Am. VI. 

 1843, 111), 1)1. 308. — CouKS, Key, 1872, 2(i7 ; Clicck List, 1873, no. 451 ; 2d cd. 1882, no. 050. - 

 Sci,. & Sai.v. Noni. Ncotr. 1873, 125. — Kidow. Bull, U. S. Gcol. & ticog. Survey Terr. IV. no. 1, 

 1878, 227 (critiad). — linuiW. Noiii. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 48(i. 



Audttbiinia oceidoitalh, Bonat. t'onsp. II. 1855, 113. — Baiiid, B. N. Am. 1858, 670; Cat. N. Am. 



B. 1859, no. 489. 



b. Colored phase, 



Ardea U'ilrdemaiinii, BAinn, B. N. Am. 1858, 669; cd. 1860, pi. 86 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1869, no. 488. 



— CouES, Key, 1872, 207 ; Check Li.st, 1873, no. 450. 



Had. The "Austroriparian" region* of eastern North America, from Florida to Southern 

 Illinois (Waba.sh River) ; Januiica. 



Sp. Char. («. White ])h(m; = occidentalis, Avd.). yWit/^* Entire plumage pure white. "Pjill 

 yellow, the upper mandible dusky green at the base ; loral space yellowisli-greeu ; orbital spac(^ 

 light blue ; iris bright yellow. Tibia and hind part of tarsus yellow ; fore part of tibia [tarsus >.] 

 olivaceous ; sides of latter greenisli yellow ; claw.s light brown" (Audubon, I. c.).' Yoitng ; Simi- 

 lar in color to the adult, but destitute of any plumes. 



* Ardea cocoi, Liun. 



Ardcii cocoi, Linn. S. N. I, 1706, 237. — BoNAr. Consp. II. 18,').'5, 110. — Okay, llnnd-list. III. 1871, 

 27, no. 10103. —Sru & Salv. Xom. Neotr. 1873, 125. — Boitakd, Cat. Av. 1870, 49, no. 1372, 



— Kidow. Bull. U. S. Gei>l. & Geog. Survey Terr. IV. no. 1, 1878, 244 (critical). 

 Ardea fuscicollis, Vieili,. Nouv. Diet. XIV. 1817, 410. 



Ardea soco, Vieill. t. c. 423 (ex Lath.). 



1 Ardea major, FitAsEii, 1'. Z S. 1843, 110 (Cliili). 



Ardea pi umbca, Mi'.iiitEM. Krsch. Gruljcr's Encycl. V. 1820, 177.— Reiciienow, J. F. 0. 1877, 204. 



Ardea maguari, Si'ix, Av. Bras. II. 1825, 171. 



Ardea })alliata, "Illig." Waol. Syst. Av. 1827, Ardea sp. 2. 



* From the fact of this species having lieen observed nt Jlount Cnrmel, Illinois, on several occasions, ii 

 is inferred that its range may comprehend the Austroriparian region, or Louisianian fauna in general, 

 although jirobably nowhere common, except in parts of Florida. 



' The following measurements are given by Audubon : — 



^ : "Length to end of tail, 54 inches ; to end of wings, 54 ; to end of claws, 70 j extent of wings, 83: 



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