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j|iciic.'s iliU'iT unite ns iiiiicli anion;,' tlii'niselvcw in I'citiiin ic^ipctts. l'[»<u llio wiiulc, tliis ^onuw 

 i;i;iv lit' oonKltii'i'iMJ iini' III' the most stron;^ly inaikiil in llii' cntiif ^;ionii. 



I.i'iiviii;,' lint II. pi II lulling III' llic ( iiiliiiiii^'iH, of wliii'li Wf have M^n imly an inimatniv cxuniiilc, 

 ill,, ihii'i' irniainin;; Anicriian spfiics of this ^'cniis may lu' ili.-lin:;iii>litil as rollnws ; — 



CiiM. Chau. Nftk nnilorni clifslnnl or asli-;^iay, willi an anltiior ion^itndinal sciics oi' 

 uliili' ami rnl'iinrt stii|n's. I.anccolah' Teatin'is of llif iiiicnni ;^lo»y ^'ii'i'iiisli Mark ; win^'-covcits 

 .(iii-liicnonsly Imnluivd willi nisty or whitinL. Ynniuj willi thu tiolors (luilei', untl tliu jiatti'm 

 iMilisliiu'-t. 



,4. Niik ilicstnnt or rnfonn. 



1. B. bruniiesoens.- Hoail ami ni;ck, exci'iit i>ilc\ini, nnit'orni cliestnut-rnrous ; wiii^^-covi'Hs 

 very narrowly i'ii^'c<l witii rnfoiH, Y'lmmj; nearly unilonn rusty brownish. Win^', (l.K)- 



1 linoi;ini;s I'l.i-Miir.A (Sunilcviill). 



Ai-il'ii /iliiiiihf,!, Si'Nnr.v. I'. Z. S. Fdi. 7, Kh71, 125, 127 (.lanics 1., OalajMiKos). 



lliiliiriilin /iliiiii/inis, Sci,. i Sai.v. Noim. N'rotr. Ih7-'', 125. — Hai.vin, Trans. Zool. Soi'. IX. ix. 



187"), l!>7. 

 Anl'ii Siiiiilri-iiNi, ItKIcHKNow, .1. I'. (). .Inly, 1h77, 'J,'.:! (s. <^. /Iiilnriili.t). 



Viiini't 9. Ii'inisiliiiii jil. (iiiiirhi iiiliill) : Wljipji' piliiiiii iniil'orni niriiiisji liiaik, sli^litly nliis.sy. I'lijiev 

 luiits ia f,'i'in'ial dark liriiwnisli slati', tlir siii|iMliir |iliiniis in rorlain li;.;lits ajuii'ariiig ^lancinis witli wiiitu 

 sliiil'ts, in iitliiM' lii,'litM slif^lilly nictailic l"illli't;irfiii>)i. IJi'ini^'is liinish iiinniliiMms, lii'ciili'iily c^laurous. 

 Wiiin-i'DVrrts (ni'w I'catiicrs, ailult |i]iniia^'r), ilaik slaty, with iKitlli'-^'nrii hIuss, narrowly cil^cd with 

 li;,'lit lasty. t'liin and throat white, sparsely marked with dnsky. Sides and I'oie part of the neek dusky, 

 like the nape, bat tin^'ed with pinplisli liiowii, the foieiieek marked with loni,'itMilinal streaks of white 

 ;uiil lij,'ht rusty, liemainin^' lower parts uniform dark lirowiiiiih slate. Lining of the win>,'s dusky, nar- 

 Kuvly streaked with fulvous white. 



Wing, fi.'.Mi ; tail, 2.70 ; enhiien, 2.riii ; dei>th of hill, through nostril, .50 ; tarsus, l.!)"! ; middle toe, 

 l.r.'i ; liare part of tihia, .la. 



||)eserilied from a speeiuien in Mus. S.\rviN A: OiinMAN ; Indefatigable I., (lalapagns, Aug. 25, 1808. 

 Leiiitili, IS. nil ; extent, 2i).iiO. Iris oriinge yellow,] 



- BiTniaoKs iiui-Nsr.scF.Ns. The Urown Heron. 



Avikit hriiii>it:wi)i.t, "Oi-Nni,. MS.S." Lkmii. Aves de Culm, 1.S50, 84, pi. 12. — Rnif iir.Ninv, 



.1. f. O. 1877. 255 (s. g. P,iit,i,-!,l<s). 

 Biitoridrs lirinnicsiviiD, Baiimi, Birds N. Am. 1858, 077 (in text); Cat. N. Am. B. 1S50, no. 4HI. 



Sr. CnAl:. Length, alxait lO.OO-moOO; extent, 27.11; wing, 0.10-7.00; tail, 2. 50-:!. (10 ; culmen, 

 ■J.-.'n-'_>.7.-, ; ili.pth of tijll, .45; tarsus, 1.,'*5-2.:H0 ; middle toe, 1.70; bare portion ol tibia, .50. Ail nil : 

 "The toll of the head and long glo.s.sy oecipitul feathers are ilark glossy green ; the sciipnlars and inter- 



Ji. brunnescetis, juv. 



scapidars pale grcpn, washed with bluish gray, lia\-ing light gray shafts ; the wing-covorts very narrowly 

 edged with rufous ; the entire neek and long feathers extending over the breast bright browni.sh eliostnnt, 

 lialer on the ehin ; abdomen dark jdumbeous ash, tinged with rufous on the side.s. The wing niea.sures 

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