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Some are very small, and have the legs quite feathered 

 to the end of the tarsus ; they form the sub-genus 

 Ardeola of Charles Bonaparte. 



Ardea Sturmii, Wagler. 



Blackish-slate; neck feathers, orange edged; neck- 

 streak, whitish ; body beneath, paler, yellowish lined. 

 Senegal. 



Ardea Sinensis, Lath. Ard. 

 Lepida, Horsf. 



Brownish-yellow ; above, darker ; crown, crest, quills, 

 and tail, black. China and Java. 



Cinnamon Heron. Ardea Cinnamomea, Lath. Ardea 

 Bilineata, and Ardea Australis, Mus. Paris. 



Cinnamon; beneath, paler; throat, brown-streaked; 

 chin and vent, white. China and Java. 



Little Bittern. Ardea Minuta, Lath. PL Enl. t. 

 323. Naum. Voy. t. 28. f. 37, when young, Edw. 

 t. 275. Naum. t. 25. Ardea Danuhialis. and 

 Ardea Sologniensis, Lath. Naum. t. 12. f. 26. 



Crown, back, quills, and tail, greenish-black ; neck, 

 wing-coverts, and belly, pale-fulvous. Europe, 

 Asia. 



Minute Heron. Ardea Eaoilis, Gmel. Wils. A. O. 

 viij. t. 65. f. 4, Ard. Erythromelas, Vieill. from 

 Azara, n. 360 ; when young, Ard. Variegata, and 

 Ard. Involucris. Vieill. from Azara, 361. 



Chestnut; beneath, whitish; neck above, rufous; sides 



