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ARDEA SACEA. 



(BLUE HERON.) 



Sacred Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 92 (1785). 



Ardea sacra, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 640 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Blue Heron, var. /3, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 79 (1785). 



Ardea ccBrulea, var. y, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 631 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Ardea matooTc, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 416 (1817). 



New-Zealand Heron, Lath. Gen. Hist. B, ix. p. 128 (1824). 



Ardea jugularis, Wagl. Syst. Av. Ardea, sp. 18 (1827, ex Forster MS.). 



Ardea asha, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 157. 



Herodias matooJc, Gray, in Dieff. Trav. ii., App. p. 196 (1843). 



Ardea novm Hollandiw, " Lath.," Licht. ed. Forst. Descr. An. p. 172 (1 



Herodias jugularis, Gray, Cat. Brit. Mus. Grallce, p. 80 (1844). 



Bemiegretta concolor, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 372 (1846). 



Herodias pannosus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 221. 



Ardea p anno sa. Gray, Gen. of B. iii., App. p. 25 (1849). 



Ardea concolor. Gray, Gen. of B. iii., App. p. 25 (1849). 



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Herodias ;pannosa, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. 120 (185 

 Herodias atra, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. 121 (1857), 

 Herodias sacra, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. 121 (1857). 

 Herodias concolor, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. 121 (185 

 Ardea cinerea, EUman, ZooL 1861, p. 7469 (nee Linn.). 

 Ardea {Herodias) alholineata. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 166. 



Ad, supr&. fuliginoso-schistaceus, pileo lateralis cello postico et scapularibus elongatis clarius cinereis : ala et 



Cauda faliginoso-schistaceis, tectricibus alarum et remigibus extus clarius cinereo lavatis : subtus 



omnino fuliginoso-scliistaceus, gutture pure albo : subalaribus pauUo dilutioribus : regione oculari 



virescenti-flava : rostro sordide flavo, culminc brunnesceute ad apicem corneo : pedibus viridescenti- 

 fla"vds : iride flav^. 



Adult, General plumage slaty grey, darker on the upper parts, tinged on the lower with brown ; a broad 

 line of white down the middle of the throat, and extending, in some examples, down the fore neck. The 

 back is ornamented with a number of narrow lanceolate feathers of a bluish-grey colour, overlying the 

 scapulars ; and there are a few similar feathers on the lower part of the neck, overlapping the breast. 

 The feathers of the nape are long and silky, and of a brighter tint than the surrounding plumage. 



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