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COMMON HERON. Class II. 



2. Common. Ardea cinerea. A. occipite 

 (Male.) crista nigra dependente, cor- 



pore cinereo, coUo subtus 



linea fasciaqiie pectorali ni- 



gris. iMas.) Lalh. Ind. orn. 



691, id. Sup. ii. 303. 

 Heron cendre. Belon av. 182. 

 Alia ardea. Gesner av. 21Q. 

 Ardea cinerea major. Aldr. 



av. iii. 157. Scopoli, No. 



117. 

 Common Hevon, or Heron- 



shaw. fFil. orn. 277- 



Ardea cinerea major sen pella. 



Rail Syn. av. 98. 

 Garza cinerizia grossa. Zinan. 



113. 

 Le Heron hupe. Brisson av. 



V. 296. Tab. 35. Htsl.d'ois. 



vii. 342. PI. Enl. 755. 

 Reyger. Frisch ii. 199. 

 Blauer Rager. Kram. 346. 

 Ardea major. Gm. Lin. 627. 

 Hager. Faun. Suec. sp. 5g. 

 The Herqn. Br. Zool. 11 6. 



Tal. A. Arct. Zool. ii. 



144. 



(Female.) Ardea. occipite nigro lasvi, 

 dorso cserulescente, subtus 

 albida, pectore maculis ob- 

 longis nigris. (^Femina.) 

 Lath. Lid. orn. 69I. id. 

 Syn. V. 83. 



Ardea Pella sive cinerea. Ges* 

 ner av. 211. 



Ardea cinerea tertia. Aid. av. 



iii. 159. Wil. orn. 279. & 



Rail Syn. av. 98. 

 Ardea cinerea. Lin. syst. 627. 

 Danis et Norvegis Heyre v. 



Hegre. Cimhris Skid-Heire 



Skredheire. Brunnich, 156. 

 Le Heron. Brisson av. v. 292. 



Tab. 34. PI. Enl. 787. 

 Reyger Frisch, ii. I98. 

 Br. Zool. 116. 



XHIS bird is remarkably light in proportion 

 to its bulk, scarcely weighing three pounds and a 

 half; the length is three feet two inches ; the 

 breadth five feet four inches. The body is very 

 small, and always lean; and the skin scarcely 



