WHITE-BELLIED HERON» 
^ (Ardea leucog-aster.) 
Ar. cristata ccendeo-nigy-icafis, alis subtus abdotnine fenioribusque 
albis, rostro jjedibusque Jiavis. 
Crested dusky blue Heron, with the wings beneath, the ab- 
domen, and thighs, white ; the beak and feet yellow. 
Ardea leucogaster. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 628. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 694. 62. 
La demi Aigrette. Buff. Ois. 7 . 3/8. 
Heron bleuatre a ventre blanc. Buff. PI. Enl. 350. 
Demi Egret. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 88. 57* 
Nearly two feet in length : the beak dusky 
yellow : between that and the eye naked, and of 
the same colour : the head and neck, as far as the 
breast, and the upper parts of the body, the wings, 
and the tail, are deep blue-black : the under parts 
of the body and thighs are white : from the occiput 
depend two long feathers, of the same colour as the 
head ; and on the lower part of the back are a few 
long, narrow, rufous feathers, which fall over the 
tail : the legs are yellowish. Inhabits Cayenne. 
Latham describes a variety of this bird : it is 
two feet in length : beak yellow ; tip black : crest 
long and white : head and neck inclining to violet : 
chin and throat mottled with rufous white : long 
feathers over the rump grey : legs bfown ; in 
othef respects .similar to the first described. 
