ARDEA (ARDEOLA) GUTTURALIS. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Lines. 



Inches. 

 Length from the point of the bill to 



the tip of the tail 



of the bill 



of the wings when folded . . . 

 of the tail 



The colours of the female not known. 



Length of the tarsus . . . 

 of the outer toe . 

 of the middle toe 

 of the inner toe . 

 of the hinder toe 



Inches. Lines. 



This little Heron is seldom procured, and I doubt if more tlian two specimens have yet fallen 

 into the hands of the Naturalist. One of the two was shot near to Cape Town, and the other 

 was procured during the movements of the Expedition party between the principal branches of 

 the Orange River. Both were discovered near marshy grounds, and the one which was 

 procured in the locality last stated was shot while perclied upon the to]) of a dwarf tree. The 

 remains of crMs^ace« were found in its stomach. 



