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GRALLATORES. 



ARDEIDJE. 



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THE COMMON HERON. 



Ardea cinerea. 



Ardea cinerea, Common Heron, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 10. 



major, 



cinerea, Com 



Heron cendre, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol ii. p. 8. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 95. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 11. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 186. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 



TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 567. 



ARDEA. Generic characters. Beak long, strong, straight, compressed in a 

 lengthened cone ; upper mandible slightly channelled, ridge rounded. Nostrils 

 lateral, basal, pierced longitudinally in the groove, and half closed by a membrane. 

 Legs long, slender, naked above the tarsal joint. Toes three in front, the two 

 outer united by a membrane ; one toe behind, directed inwards : claws long, com- 



