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CRESTED PURPLE HERON. 
(Ardea purpurea.) 
Ar. occipile crista dependente peymis rufo-jyurpureis, corpore 
supra rujh-viresceyde subtus purpurascentC'rvJh, vertice nigro- 
virescente, guld alba. 
Heron with the occiput having a depending crest of a rufous 
purple ; the body above red-green j beneath purplish red ; 
the crown black-green ; the throat white. 
Ardea purpurea. Linn. Spst. Nat. 1.230. 10 . — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 
1. 626 . — Lath. hid. Orn. 2 . 607- 72 . 
Ardea rufa. Scop. Ann. 1 . II 9 . — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.642. — 
Lath. hid. Orn. 2 . 692 . 55. 
Ardea botaurus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 636. — Lath. hid. Orn. 2 . 
698 . 74 . 
Ardea purpurata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 641. young. — Lath. hid. 
Orn. 2. 698 . 75 . young. 
Ardea caspica. Lath. hid. Orn. 2. 698 . 73. young. — Leach. Cat. 
Brit. Mus. p.33. 
.Ardea variegata. Lath. hid. Orn. 2. 6Q2. 56. young. 
Ardea cristata purpurascens. Briss. Orn. 5. 424. pi. 30.J.2. 
Botaurus major. Briss. Orn. 5. 455. 28, 
Ardea stellaris major. Raii. Syn. 100. 13. 
Ardea purpurascens. Briss. Orn. 5. 420. 12. young. 
Le Heron pourpre. Buff. Ois. 7 . 369 . — Buff. PL Enl. 788 . — 
Temyn. Mayi. d'Oryii. 364. 
Grand Buta. Buff. Ois. 7 . 422. 
Crested purple Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. Q5. 65. 
Rufous Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 99* 72- 
Greater Bittern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 58. 18. 
Purple Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 96 . 66 . young. 
Variegated H^ron. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 304. 15. young. 
African Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. 237- 80. — Mont. Orn. Did. 
1. — Letvin. Brit. Birds. pi. 151. — IValc. Syn. 2. pi. 13 \. 
