AUnKlD.K — TIIK IIKUONS — IIVDIIAN'ASMA. 



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liiiui'iiliUi', with riiiMpui't wflir* ; tin- iM'ci|iut with ii hiujiU ]N>nilaiit <i(^<t ofwvi'nil floiiKiitt'd, browUy 

 l.iiiri'iiliUi' wliitr rcullit'iN; I't'ittlii'rx of llii' iiiitiTiiir iiiirliiiii III' tilt' liiu'k ami i4t'ii|iuliti>< iilsn lunccolutv ; 

 luiiiji I'livcrril liy u iimri- or Ic^.i I'lmi^iili'il tiitiii nl' Irii^tlu'iH'il I'urttiKiiittf I'iuiIUlth witii ImHt'iu'd 

 WL'li.->, lliL' |ilmiiiiLL' hU'ikIi'I', \<>uh, ami :<iirt. 



Hydranaasa tricolor ludoviciana. 



THK LOUISIANA HERON. 



Ilt'ron bleudtre (> vrnlir Umn; ,(,■ r„iiniiir, Hi kk. I'l. Kill. 17*0-84, jil. 350 (lulult). 

 ./,■,/..( //'.Vci/i-/-, MI'i.i.Kii, s. N. .Siiiipl. 177tl. Ill (Iki.miI on I'l. Kiil. ;).lo). 

 Ilijilrammt trkului; Coi'Ks' Kry, "Jil imI. 18s:!, no, Olio, 



AidM Itiicixjivilir, HoDi). Tiilil, i'. K. 1784 (biiiwil on PI. Knl. USO). — U.mkl. .S. N. I. ii. 1788, 028,— 

 ItKiriiK.Miw, .1. I'. (). 1N77, ami. 



Jhmi /■.;//•'■/, I-.\IM. .Synop. III. 178.'i, 88 (.[lloti'H PI. Knl. a-'iO, iti'.). 



Jf,ron hrun, df (Jiijintin; \Uvh. I'l. Kill. 177ii-84, \<\. HM (Yiuiiik). 



Ilruini Utrun, K.vrii. Symni. Suiipl. ii. 1801, yo4, no. 17 (umitus I'l. Knl. 8.18). 



Ardiii fuaca, La'I'II. Iml. Orn. II. 1700, 700, iiu. 8:i (liiim-d on tlio iircri'iliiig). 



Arilid hiiliiviiiuna, Wii.m. Am. <>iii. VIII. 1SI4, 13, |il, .\vi, tig, 1 (i l.inii. 17tJtt, = lluturidea vires. 



f./iv). — N'riT. .Miiii, II. I.s;il, .''il. — Arn. Oiii. liioj,'. 111. 1m:!.1, l;)tl; V, I83li, tioo, pi, 217; 



.Synop, 1831t, 'Jtlil; llinls Am. VI, 18»;t, XW, pi. :i7;Mailiill). 

 DaiiiajrMti Indovicima, H.vmii, H. .N. Am. I.s,-i8, (103; Cat. N. Am. II. 18.1'.t, no. 484. 

 Ai'diii leucoyaati'd, SuIihimt. ludiwiciunit, ItKiciiKMivv, J. I', O. 1877, 201». 

 tliiiliiiiuitHii Irii-tilnr ludiivicidiiii, Uiniiw. Nuin, M. Am. H. 18»1, no, 41i2, 

 K'/Mhi nifu-ollii, (liissK, II, ,Iiiiii. 1817, 338; IHiistr. II, .lam. pl. 113 (Vouiik). 

 IliriuUiiH /cticii/i/irifiiiiKi, " KiiiiT." IliiNAi'. Coiiip. II. Jan. IS-'lI, 124, 

 Anlxi Inicii'j'islni, var, liuoi/ihrifinnn, Coi'i;.-*, Key, 1.S72, 208; C'link List, 1873, no. 4.14.— C'imv, 



niriU Balmina l.sl. 1880, 108. 

 Ardiit fiiiiniru.ilriii, < 'onv, llirili lialiaina Isl. 1880, 108, ]ilati> (Iiia^iia, Bahamas ; ailult in brcfiliiig 



lIll'SS '). 



UaU. Warni-toinperati' I'listtTii Noilh AiiiiMica, MiiUilc Aiiierii'a, uiul We.st Iinlius, North, 

 casually, to Iiuliaiia, ami New JiTsey. In Mc.xicn, rimml mi liotli coasts. C'lipu St. LiiciLs. 



Si'. CiiAii. Lcn^rlh. about 2-l.(H)-2S.(K> ; ixpan.si', ahout ;M).(ki ; wiiij,', H.:jo-l(i.8() ; tail, 3.(K»- 

 4.1((; culiiR'n, ;i.;j(i-4.1."); depth of bill, .4.")-.."i.') ; tarsus, 3,2<i 4.15; iiiiddlu toe, 2.2(>-2.7(» ; bare 

 portion of liliia, l.)Mt-2.7<> ; wei^dit, about I lb. (Al'UI'uon). 



Adult: I'rcvailiii;,' color ubove, including' tin- Iicad and iii'ik, iduiubeous-blue, with a gluucoua 



cast to the lanceolate feathers, and darker on the head and upper part of the neck than on the 

 wings. Lanceolate feathers of the occiput and upper part of the nape rich nmroon-purplish, from 

 which springs a crest of several feathers of similar form but much more elongated, and white in 



