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those that hang down from the lower part of the neck, 
are wanting. The forehead, crown, hinder and lateral 
parts of the neck, the back, and wing-coverts, are deep 
grey. The throat, belly, abdomen, and inner part of 
the thighs, are white. The fore part of the neck is 
spotted with blackish-grey. The upper mandible is 
blackish-brown, and the under one greenish-yellow. 
The lores yellowish-green ; the legs and feet grey, or 
brown, tinged with yellow. The bare part of the tibia 
greenish-yellow. 
CRESTED PURPLE HERON. 
Arpea purPUREA, Linn. 
PLATE IIT. 
Ardea purpurea, Linn. Syst. 1. 236. 10.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 626.—Lath. Tnd. 
Orn. 2. 697. 72. 
Ardea Botaurus, Gmel. Syst. 1. 636.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 698. 74. 
Ardea‘rufa, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 692. 55. 
Botaurus major, ‘Briss. Orn. 5. 455. 28. 
Ardea stellaris major, Rati, Syn. 100. 13.— Will. 208. 
Grand Butor, Buff: Ois. 7. 422. Adult. 
Heron pourpré, Temm. Man. d’Ornith, 2. 570. 
Purper Reiher, Meyer, 'Taschenb. Deut. 4. 27. t. 2. 
Crested Purple Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 95. 65.—Shaw’s Zool. 11. 556. 
Greater Bittern, Lath. Syn. 5. 58. 18. 
Greater Speckled or Red Heron, Wiil. (Angl.) p. 283. 
Rufous Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 99. 72. 
Ardea purpurata, Gmel. Syst. 1. 641.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 698. 75. 
Ardea Caspica, Lath. Ind. 2. 698. 73. 
Ardea variegata, Lath. Ind. 2. 692. 56. 
Heron pourpré, Buff. Ois. 7. 369. 
Purple Heron, Lath. Syn. 5. 96. 66. 
African Heron, Lath. Syn. Sup. 237.—Mont. Ornith. Dict. 
Ardea rubiginosa, Gmel. Syst. 1. 632.—Lath. Ind. 2. 693. 58. 
Rusty Crowned Heron, Arct. Zool. 2. No. 358.—Lath. Syn. 5. 87. 53. 
Youn g- 
Tuts beautiful Heron stands in the list of our Fauna asa Rare visi- 
rare visitant; for it appears that, prior to the publication of ae 
Monracu’s Ornithological Dictionary, only two specimens 
had been recorded as killed in England. Since that time 
Natural History has made rapid advances, and from having, 
as a science, been more generally cultivated, has induced a 
