Heron. GRALLATORES. ARDEA. 25 
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‘The length about twenty inches. The bill two inches long General 
© descrip- 
to the feathers on the forehead, and of an orange-yellow; tion, 
the lore and orbits the same : irides pale yellow. The 
whole plumage snowy white, except the crown of the 
head, and the upper part of the neck before, which are 
buff. Legs three inches and a half long, and one inch 
and a half of bare space above the knee: these parts are 
nearly black, with a tinge of green; the toes and claws 
are of the same colour; the middle claw pectinated.” 
In the adult, the occiput, nape, and hinder part of the 
neck is clothed with rigid open feathers of a saffron- 
yellow. Throat, front part of the neck and breast, 
white, tinged with sienna-yellow. Long flowing plumes 
of the back ochre-yellow. Wings, tail, and under parts 
of the body, pure white. 
SQUACCO HERON. 
Arpré RALLOIDES. 
PLATE VI. 
Ardea}Ralloides, Scop. Ann.‘1. No. 121.—Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 581.— 
Shaw’s Zool. 11. 573.—Wagler, Syst. Av. 1. sp. 27. 
Ardea comata, Pail. Reise, 2. 715. 31.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. 2. 687. 39, but 
not his var. B. 
Ardea Squaiotta, Gmel. Syst. 1. 634.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 686. 36. 
Ardea Castanea, Gmel. Syst. 1. 633.—Lath. 2. 687. 40. 
Le Crabier de Mahon, et Crabier caiot, Buff: Ois. 7. 393. and 389. 
Heron Crabier, Temm. 2. 581. 
Cancrofagus luteus, Briss. Orn. 5. 472. 37. 
Rallen Reiher, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 47. 
Squaiotta and Castaneous Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 72. & 75. 
Squacco Heron, Lath. Syn. 6. 74. 39.—Sup. 2. 302. 9.—Mont. Ornith. 
Dict. Sup.—Flem. Br. Anim. 1. sp. 5.Shaw’s Zool. 11. 573. 
Ardea erythropus, var. B. Lath. Ind. 2. 686. 38. 
Ardea pumila, Lath. 2. 683. 28. 
Ardea Senegalensis, Gmel. Syst. 1. 645.—Lath. Ind. 2. 684. 30. 
Ardea marsigli, Gmel. Syst. 0 637. —Lath. Ind. 2. 681. 20. 
Cancrofagus rufus, Briss. Orn. 5. 469. 38. 
Le Petit Butor du Senegal, Buft Ois. 7. 393. 
Le Crabier Marron, Buff: Ois. 7. 390. 
Red-legged Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 73. 38. 
Dwarf Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 77.42. 
Senegal Bittern, Lath. Syn. 5. 67. 29. 
Swabian Bittern, Lath. Syn. 5. 60. 20. 
Adult of 
both 
Sexes. 
Young. 
