AGAMI HERON. 
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i'Lifous line, bounded by black, down the central 
part: the breast is clothed with long, loose, blackish 
feathers : those on the back of the neck black, 
with a white streak down the middle of each shaft : 
the under parts of the body are deep rufous : the 
tail is brown. 
One of these birds, described by Latham as a 
female, has the beak dusky : the crown of the head 
blue-black : the nape light blue ; from this hang 
six or eight long narrow feathers, the largest 
almost the whole length of the neck : the back, 
wings, and tail, are deep blue : the neck and under 
parts of the body are rufous ; but the lower half 
of the neck and the sides of it are covered with 
loose blue feathers, hanging longer, and loose on 
the breast : from the lower part of the back are 
long slender feathers, which hang loose, and reach 
the end of the tail : on the sides of the head, and 
just above the eyes, the parts are white, passing a 
little way in a line on each side of the neck : the 
legs are yellow. 
This is a native of Cayenne and Surinam : the 
specimen from whence the accompanying en- 
graving was taken was shot in the last-mentioned 
country by Dr. Ireland, who sent it to Mr. Lead- 
beater, of Brewer-street, to whom I am indebted 
for the loan of an admirable drawing, executed by 
M. Pelletier, from the above-mentioned bird. 
