REDDISH EGRET, AND GREEN HERON. 447 



T:3 frequent in New York and Long IJland: about the Black and ' Place. 

 €ei/pian kAS,; but feldomi farther north. Are (onnd in France, and 

 the fouth of Europe. Migrates into Auftria in fpring and autumn *. ■ ' 



Is frequent in Senegal, Madagajcar, IJle de Bourbon, and Siam f . 



L'Aigrette rouffe, De Buffon, vii. 37S. — PI. Enl. 902. — Latham iii. 3^8. Reddish 



EcRKT, 



With the body of a blackifh grey : the filky long feathers of 

 the neck and back of a rufty red. Length about two 

 feet. 



Inhabits Louifiana.- ' "S-LhQ^i 



Small Bittern, Catejby, i. 80, — Ardea vireicens, Lin. Syft.zi%, — Latham, \\\. 349. Gjieew. ■ 



Le Cj-abier vert, Z>« 5a^»,. vii. 404.— Lev. Mus.— Bl. Mus. 



■fjr With a green head, and large green creft : bill dufky above^ 

 yellow beneath : throat white : neck a bright bay, ftreaked 

 before with white: coverts of the wings duflcy green, edged with 

 white : tail and prinnaries dufky : feathers on the back cinereous^ 

 long, narrow, and filky: belly of a cinereous red: legs yellowifli.. 

 The colors of the Female lefs brilliant : wings fpotted with rufl- 

 color. It wants the long filky feathers. Length eighteen inches. 



Inhabits from New Tork to South Carolina. Ufually fits, with its Place 



long neck contradted, on trees hanging over rivers. Feeds on fmall 

 fifh, frogs, and crabs. From the laft, the French call feveral of thefe 

 Herans CraUers. 



They are fuppofed to migrate, even from Carolina, at approach of 

 iwnter. - 



* Ktam> Aufir, 34$. t ■D^ Buffon, Oif> vii. 375- S?^* 



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