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LITTLE BiriERN HERON. Class IL 



4. Little. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Ardea minuta. A. capite Ise- 

 vi, vertice dorso remigibus 

 rectricibusque nigro-vires- 

 centibus, coUo tectricibus 

 alarum abdomineque pal- 

 lida fulvis. (Mas). Lath. 



. Jjid. orn. 683. id. Syn. v. 

 65. id. Sup. i. 235. 



Ardeola (le Blonglos). Bris- 

 S071 av. V. 497. tah. 4:0. Jig. 

 1. Hist, d'ois. vii. 3^5. PL 

 Enl. 3.23. 



Ardea vertice dorsoque nigrls, 

 coUo antice et alarum tec- 

 tricibus lutescentibus. (Stau- 

 den Ragerl, Kleine INIoos- 

 skuh.) Kram. 348. 



Boonk or long Neck. Shaw's 

 Travels, 255. 



Ardea minuta. Gm. Lin. 646. 



Kleiner Rohrdommel. Frisch, 

 ii. 206, 207. 



Edw. av. 275. - ■ 



Arct. Zool. ii. 154. ■ - 



XHIS species was shot as it perched on one 

 of the trees in the Qiiaj^i/ or public walks in 

 Shrezvsburij, on the banks of the Severn ; it is 

 frequent in many other parts of Europe, but 

 the only one we ever heard of in England.* 



The length to the tip of the tail was fifteen 

 inches, to the end of the toe twenty. The bill 

 to the corners of the mouth was two inches and 

 a half long, dusky at the point, the sides yellow, 

 the edge jagged; the bulk of the body not 

 larger than that of a fieldfare. The top of the 

 head, the back, and tail, were black, glossed 

 with an obscure green ; the neck very long, the 



* Three other instances are mentioned of its being shot in 

 England; one on Bere river, another at Upton, and a third at 

 Lytchet. Is said to be common near Aleppo, and to be found 

 in India, and Nsiv Holland. J. L. 



