565 
STREAKED HERON. 
(Ardea virgata.) 
As., yhsco-Jiigricans, collo suhtus albo,jugulo nigro striaio, tectri- 
cibus alarum Jlavescente striatis. 
Dusky brown Heron, with the neck beneath white ; the juguluin 
striped wdth black 5 the wing-coverts striped with yellowish. 
Ardea virgata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 643. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 693. 60. 
Streaked Heron, Penn. Arct. Zool. 2 . 354. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 
5. 87 . 55. 
Native of North America : length seventeen 
inches : beak two inches : the crown of the head 
dusky : the cheeks and hind part of the neck 
varied with ferruginous and black : the chin, the 
throat, and the fore-part of the neck, are white j 
the latter is streaked with black : the wing-coverts 
are striped with black and pale buff: the outer 
edge of the wing is white : the quills are dusky : 
the legs are greenish. A slight variety is men- 
tioned, which has a white line on each jaw : the 
scapulars and greater wing-coverts are dusky, 
spotted at the ends with white. 
