LITTLE EGRET HERON. 
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may be a distinct species. It frequents marsliy 
places, and shelters itself among reeds : it lays 
from four to six greenish eggs. 
LITTLE EGRET HERON, 
(Ardea Garzetta.) 
Ar. occipite cristafo, corpore toto albo, pennis dorsi supremo 
elongatis sericeiSf rostro nigro, loris pedibusque virescentibus. 
Heron with the occiput crested j the whole body white ; the 
feathers of the upper part of the back elongated and silky ; 
the beak black j the lores and legs greenish. 
Ardea Garzetta. Linn. Syst.Nat. 1. 973. l^.—GmeL Syst.Naf, 
1. 628. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 694. 64. 
Ardea nivea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 633. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2, 
696. 67. 
Ardea aequinoctialis. &. Lath. Lid.-Orn. 2. 697* 70* young. 
Egretta. Briss.' Orn. 5. 431. 16. 
Ardea Candida minor. Briss. Orn. 5. 438. 20. young. 
Garzetta. Rail. Syn. p.QQ. 5. — Will. Ang. p. 280. 
Ardea alba tertia Aldrovandi. Raii. Syn. p. gg. 6. young. 
L’ Aigrette. Bi^. Ois. 372. pi. 20. — Biiff. PI. Enl. 90I. 
La Garzette blanche. Buff. Ois. 7* 371. young. 
Heron Garzette. Temtn. Man. d' Orni. 368. 
Snowy Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. Q2. 61. — Wills. Amer. Orn. 
7. 120. pi. Ixii.y'. 4. 
Little Egret. Penn. Brit. Zool. App. pi. 7. — Penn. Arct. Zool. 
2. 347. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 90* 5g. — Wale. Syn. 2. pi. 30. — 
Lervin. Brit. Birds. 4. pi. 14Q. — Don. Brit. Birds. 4. j)l. 98 — 
Bew. Brit. Birds. 2, 45. — Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. 
V. XI. P. II. 
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