ORDER GRALLiE. 



341 



Blue Heron, Lath. Var. A. Ar. C(Erulea, Enl. 

 349. 



Head and neck, rufous-brown ; rest of body, deep 

 blue. Cayenne. A. Eqidnoctialis, Catesb. 77, may be 

 the young, notwithstanding the difference of colour. 



Reddish Egret, Lath. A. Rufescens, Gm. Enl. 

 902. 



Head and neck with long loose feathers, of a rusty 

 rufous-colour; long feathers of the back, the same. 

 Louisiana. 



Demi-Egret, Lath. A. Leucogaster, Enl. 350. 



Bill and lore, dusky-yellow ; above, deep blue-black ; 

 white underneath. Cayenne. 



Agami Heron, Lath. A. Agami, Enl. 859. 



Bill, dusky; crown, blue-black; nape, light-blue, 

 with six or eight long narrow feathers ; back, wings, 

 and tail, deep blue; neck and beneath, rufous. 

 Cayenne.* 



Ardea Rugata, Tern. Ard. Affinis, Horsf., bird of 

 second year. Ard. ^qidnoctialis, B. Lath, from 

 PI. Enl. 910. A. Cornuta, B. Lath. Ard. Coro- 

 mandellca, Licht., and Ard. Bicolor, Vieill. Young 

 is Ard. RyJicajnUa, Vieill. . Ois. Egypt, t. 8, fig. 

 left, the Ard. Bubulculus, Cuv. Ardea Ibis, 

 Haselq. 



Bill, pale-yellow; tarsi, brown; toes, black; head, 

 and back, yellowish. 



• The young is Ardea Fusca, Lath. PI. Enl. t. 858. 



