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forepart of which, the breast and thighs, were 

 of a buff color; the belly and vent-feathers 

 white ; the hind part of the neck bare of fea- 

 thers, but covered with those growing on the 

 side of it ; on the setting on of the w ing was 

 a large chesnut spot; the lesser coverts of a 

 yellowish buff; the larger coverts w^hitish ; the 

 web of that next the back half buff and half 

 black ; the quil feathers black ; the legs and 

 toes dusky; and what is singular in a bird of 

 this genus, the feathers grew down to the knees ; 

 the inside of the middle claw was serrated. 



For this description, and the drawing, we are 

 indebted to Mr. Plymley. 



Ardea alba. A. capita Isevi, Ardea Candida, le Heron 5. V/hite, 



corpore albo, rostro fulvo, blanc. Brisson av. v. 428. 



pedibus nigris. Lath. Ind. Hist, d'ois. vii. 365. PL 



orn. 695. id. Syn. v. 9I. Enl. 886. 



Le Heron blanc. Beloii av. Grosser weisser Rager. Kram. 



191. 346. Scopoli, No. 126. 



Ardea alba. Gesner av. 213, Ardea alba. Gm. Lin. 639. 



Turner. Faun. Suec. sp. 166. 



TFil. orn. 27g. Br. Zool. II7. Arct. Zool n. 

 Rail Syn. av. 99. 145. 



XHIS bird has not fallen within our obser- 

 vation; therefore we must give Mr. W'lllugh- 

 hys account of it. The length to the end of Descrip- 



TION. 



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