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Ardea comata, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 687. 39. ¥- 
Ardea comatz fimillima, Js, Pofeg. p. 24. 
Sguacco Heron, Gen. Syx. v. p. 74. 39. Var. B. 
HIS has a white bill tipped with black: the head not crefted: 
forehead and hind part of the neck dufky teftaceous-white; the 
feathers margined with black: tail feathers white, the two middle 
ones pale teftaceous at the tips: the rump, belly, and thighs white. 
We fufpeét this to be a variety or fexual difference from the Sguacco 
Heron. 
One of the common fort was fhot at Boyton, in Wiltfbire, by Mr. 
Lambert, in 1775. 
Ardea torquata, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 688. 42:——Miller Illuftr, t. 36. 
‘T HE colour of the plumage in this bird is brown on the back and 
upper parts: the hind head crefted, and black: neck and belly 
dirty white: breaft black, marked with yellowifh crefcents. 
Inhabits South America. 
Ardea erythrocephala, Ind. Orn. il. p. 688. 43.—Molin. Chil. (Fr. ed.) p. 214. 
HIS is about the fize of the Common Heron: the general colour 
of the plumage white: from the head {prings a long crelt ofa red 
colour, which reaches quite to the back. 
Inhabits Chia. 
Ardea Thula, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 688. 44.—Molin. Chil. (Fr. ed.) p. aie 
7“ FIIS is wholly white, with a large creft of the fame colour. 
This inhabits Cbi/z, where it is known by the name of Tdu/a. 
