Class II. GARDENIAN HERON. 27 



called Squacco, from whence it has derived its 

 trivial name; is more frequent in the bays of 

 the Caspian sea and the slow streams of the 

 southern desert; and extends to India.'^ J. L, 



Ardea Gardeni. A. nigricans Gardenian Heron, id. Syn. v. lo. Garde= 



albo maculata subtus albida 71. NIAN. 



fusco striata remigibus mar- Gm. Lin. 645. 



gine apiceque albis cauda Butar tachete ou Ponacre. 



fusca. Lath. Ind. orn, 685. Brissoti av. v. 462, Hist. 



Spotted Heron. Lath. Syn. v. dois. vii. 427. PL Enl. 



. 70. id. Sup. ii. 305. 939. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 150. 



[IN Mr, Pemianfs copy of his British Zo- 

 ology, is the following short description of a 

 heron killed near Clief'den, which he saw in the 

 possession of Mr. Ireland, apothecary, at Ox- 

 ford ; it seems evidently the species referred to 

 in the synonyms. 



" Bill, length three inches; loriim, pale Descrip- 

 green ; irides yellow ; head and neck brown, 

 streaked with white ; throat pure white ; breast 

 feathers and neck dark brown, with broad lines 

 of white ; belly the same ; wings deep brown ; 

 coverts marked with narrow wedge-shaped 

 spots ; primaries with broader, the points each 

 tending upwards ; tail composed of dusky fea- 

 thers of equal length j vent white ; legs dusky ; 



TION. 



