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CINNAMON HERON. 
Le Heron brun. Buff. Ois. 7 . 381. — Buff. PI, Enl. 858. 
Brown Heron. Lath. Sijn. Sup. II. 304. 17 . 
This bird inhabits Cayenne : it is two feet six 
or seven inches in length : the beak is brown : the 
head is ornamented with a slight crest, of a dusky 
colour, and falling down over the back of the 
neck : the upper part of the latter, tlie body, and 
wings, are dusky browm : the under parts are 
white, the breast being spotted with elongated 
brown streaks : the legs are yellow. 
CINNAMON HERON. 
( Ardea ci nnamomea. ) 
Ar. castaneo-cinnamomea, col/o antice fusco siriaio, guld macula 
viaxillari crissoque albis. 
Cinnamomeous chesnut, with the fore-part of the neck striped 
with fuscous ; the throat, maxillary spot, and vent, white. 
Ardea cinnamomea. Gmel. Sqst. Nat. 1.643. — Lath. Ind.Oni. 
2 . 6sg. 46. 
Cinnamon Heron. Lath. Gen. Sqn. 5. 77 , 43. — Lath. Syn. 
Sup. 235. 
About sixteen inches in length : the beak two 
inches and a half long, and yellow : the prevailing 
colour of the plumage cinnamon-colour, inclining 
to chesnut ; the lower parts of the body palest : 
on each side of the throat, beneath the jaw, a 
