COMMON HERON, 
(Ardea cinerea.) 
Ar. occipite crista nigra dependentCy corpore cinereoy collo suhtus 
tinea fasciaque pectorali nigris. 
Heron with a depending black crest on the occiput ; the body 
cinereous j the neck beneath, and breast, with a black fascia. 
Ardea cinerea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 69 !• 54. — Leach. Cat. Mus. 
Brit.]}. 33. 
Ardea major. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1. 236. 12. — Gmel. Syst.Nat. 1. 
627. — Raii. Syn.]}. 98 . a. 1. 
Ardea cinerea. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1,236. 11. young. — Linn. Faun. 
Suec. 165. young. — Gmel. Syst. A^at. 1.627. I'i. 6, young. — 
Briss. Orn, 5. 3Q2. 1. young. 
Ardea cristata, Briss. Orn. 5. 396. 2. pi. 35. 
Le Heron huppe. Buff. Ois. 7. 342. — Buff. PI. Enl. J55. 
Le Heron. Buff. Ois, 7. 342, p/. 19, young. — Buff. PI. Enl. 757. 
young. 
Heron cendre, Temni. Man. d'Orni. 362. 
Crested Heron. Alh. Birds. 1 , pi. 67. — Lou}. Faun. Oread, p. 77. 
Common Heron. Penn. Brit. Zool. 173. pl. 6I. — Penn. Arct. 
Zool. 2. 343. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 83. 50. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 
II. 303. 14. — Alb. Birds. 3. pl. 78. — Lexvin. Brit. Birds. 5. 
pl.l\8. — IValc. Syn. 2. pl. 129. — Pult. Cat. Dors. p. 14.— 
Bew. Brit. Birds. 2. 37. — Don. Brit. Birds. A. pl. 73. — Mont. 
Orn. Diet. 1. — Mont. 0?7i. Diet. Sup. — Bing. Anim. Biog. 2. 
291. — Lou’. Faun. Oread, p. 78. 
This bird, when arrived at maturity, considerably 
exceeds three feet in length : it has the forehead, 
the neck, the middle of the belly, the edge of the 
wing, and the thighs, of a pure white : the occiput, 
the sides of the breast, and those of I he body, of a 
