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RUSTY-CROWNED HERON. 
greatest part of the upper inaudible of tlie beak 
blackish : the under, the space round the eyes, 
and the irides, are bright yellow. 
This beautiful bird is common in the western 
parts of Asia, frequenting the marshy shores of 
the Caspian and Black seas, also the lakes of 
Great Tartary, and the borders of the large rivers 
of those parts, as the Wolga and Irtisch : it also 
occurs, though sparingly, in several parts of Eu- 
rope, appearing about the banks of the Danube, 
and the morasses of Holland ; about four or fiv'e 
specimens have likewise been killed in England at 
different periods ; a fine specimen is in the British 
Museum, that was shot v/ithin these few years. 
To the north and east this bird does not occur, 
but in Africa it is rather abundant. It seems also 
to be abundant in Malta, from whence it has been 
lately sent by J. Ritchie, Esq. to the British Museum. 
Its nourishment consists of aquatic animals, as in the 
rest of the genus ; and it builds its nest among tlie 
reeds or underwood, and but rarely in trees : its 
eggs are three in number, and of a greyish green. 
RUSTY-CROWNED HERON. 
(Ardea rubig’inosa.) 
Ar. suhcristata Jerruginea, ^ida alba, ahdomine alho nigro siriato, 
collo subtus lineis quatuor riigris, pedibus luteis. 
Slightly crested ferruginous Heron, with the throat white; the 
abdomen white, striped with black ; the neck with four black 
lines beneath ; the legs yellowish. 
