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ALTRICIAL CiUALLATOliKS- IIEUODIONES. 



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Ardea rhennnn, Sandeu. Niitiirf. XIM. 177!>, 105. 



Ardca Jokitniin; (iMi:i,. S. N. I. ii. 17^S, t>'2». 



Ardcii ciniriicai, IlliKllM, Vil};. DnitMlil. 1H31, .180. 



Ardea vitlyni-i.i, Hkciist. Orii. Tasili. Ifio:), 'J'.ri. 



ArdeabviKj, (ii;i(KK. .I:ini. V<iy. liiil. IV. 1^44, 85. 



Ardia 1,'iioiphmi, Oori.n, 1*. Z. S. 1848, 58. 



Ardai einmu mnjoi; minor, media, H bracJu/rhijncki, UiiEiiM, Verz. Siimiiil. C. L. Urelini's, 1860. 



12(/iVi(7i«»"i''.). 



Hub. Pnlii'iirt'tic ri'<;inii, south to Austmlia ; accidental in Soutliem Greenland. 



Sp. Char. Adult: Koivliciid and centre of i.ilmini pure white ; siden of tro^vn and occipital 

 plunu's deei) Mack ; rest of lii-ad wholly white. Neck li;,'ht cinereous, with a very faint lavender 

 tinge, gradually fading into the white of the head ; the front part with a naiTow longitudinal series 



of black dashes on a white ground. Upper parts bluish-gray, the penicillate plumes of the back 

 and scapulars much lighter or pale jiearl-gray. Border of the wing jiure wliite ; antea.\illur tufts 

 deep blue-black. Sides and flanks uniform pale blue-gray. Medial lower parts white, heavily 

 striped laterally with blue-black. Tibia; and crissum pure white. Bill yellow, usually with the 

 culmen brownish terminally ; bare loral space green ; iris yellow ; feet dull green ; tibias yellow. 

 (Macgillivray.) Juv. : Pileum deep ash-gray ; occipital plumes black. Neck nsh-gray, the 

 front with a narrow longitudinal series of bhick and rufous dashes, mixed with white, the former 

 predominating. Upper parts uniform slate-gray, destitute of penicillate plumes. Malar region, 

 chin, and throat white. Anteaxillar tufts white, tipped with a rusty tinge. Edge of the wing and 

 entire lower parts wholly wliite, tinged with buff. 



Wing, 18.50 ; tail, 8.00 ; culmen, 4.80 ; depth of bill through middle of nostril, 0.85 ; bare 

 tibia, 3.25 ; tarsus, 6.25 ; middle toe, 3.80. [No. 57006 ; Europe.] 



The Common or Gray Heron of Europe has small claim to a place in the fauna of 

 North America. Two specimens are recorded as liaving been known in Greenland, — 

 one, seen in August, 1765, by the missionary Sta«h ; the other, a young bird found 

 dead near Nenortalik in ISAG. It is a familiar European species, as also one of the 

 most numerous of this peculiar and well-marked family. 



Formerly, before falconry had become one of the lost arts, it was the typical 

 Heron of olden times, and occupied an important place in the sporting world. The 



