ane): Ra) IN. 
Ardea cyanocephala, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 688. 45.—-Molin, Chil. (Fr. ed.) p. 214, 
HE bill in this bird is black: the head and back blue: wings 
black, edged with white: belly yellowifh green: tail green: 
legs yellow. 
This fpecies is found in Chi, with the three former ones. 
Ardea cinerea, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 691. §4.—Ger. Orn. iv. t. 421? 427.428. 
Common Heron, Gen. Sym. v. p. 83. 
HE circumftance of this fpecies building in focieties has been be- 
fore noticed: thefe are for the moft part in tall trees, but like- 
wife in high cliffs over the fea. In this kingdom, we may mention a 
few of thefe Heronries, as they are called; viz. a confiderable one at 
Penfhurft Place, in Kent; at Hutton, the feat of Mr. Bethel, near Be- 
verley, Yorkfbire; in Gobay Park, on the road to Penrith, near a rocky 
pafs, called Yew-cragg, on the north fide of Ulle/water ; but we believe 
none more confiderable than that at Crefi Hall, fix miles from Spaldizg, 
in Lincolufbire. Inthe northern parts, where Eagles frequent, they 
are often frightened from their nefts, and ‘the Crows not unfrequently 
watch opportunities of ftealing the eggs. It is not only in England 
that the two long feathers of the creft of the male of this bird are va- 
lued, but every where throughout the Haff. Chardin mentions that 
the Perfians catch the Hero, and after depriving the bird of the long 
feathers, fuffer it to depart*; in another place + we are alfo told, 
that thefe feathers form a part of the Perfian crown or bonnet. It is 
mentioned by Thunberg tf, that this fpecies and the Blue Heron are both 
found in the Velooren Valley, inward from the Cape of Good Hope. 
* Trav. p. 82.! + Coronat. of Solyman the Third, p. 49. 
~ + Trav. 2. p. 143. ' 
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