SCOLOPACEOUS COURLAN. 
(Aramus Scolopacea.) 
Ar. ctipreo-Jusca, collo pectoreque striis albis, guld nigra. 
Coppery brown Courlan, with the neck and breast striped with 
white ; the throat black. 
Ardea Scolopacea. Gmel. Spst. Nat. 1 . 647 . — Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 701. 89. 
Le Courlan, ou Courliri, Buff. Ois. 7.442. — Buff. PI. Enl. 848. 
Scolopaceous Heron. Lath. Gen. Spn. 5. 102. 7Q. 
This singular species inhabits Cayenne, and is 
thus commemorated by Latham : “ This is a large 
bird, almost equalling a Heron in size : the length 
twenty-live inches : beak reddish, with a bluish 
point : round the eye bare of feathers, and of*a 
reddish brown colour : the plumage iu general is 
brown, glossed with a reddish copper colour on 
the quills and tail : most of the feathers of the 
upper part have the edges paler than the rest of 
the feathers, and those of the neck and breast are 
streaked with wliite down the shaft : the chin 
white : the naked parts of the thighs and legs are 
white : the toes are but slightly joined by a mem- 
brane at the base, but the middle claw is pectinated 
on the inner margin, where it rises into an edge. 
