nOUHOU HERON. 
(Ardea Hohou.) 
Ar, cristata cinerea, Jronte nlbo nigroque vnria, alls alho cinereo 
ccErulcoqiie variis, pedilms vnriegatis. 
Crested cinereous Heron, with the forehead varied with black 
and white ; the wings varied with cinereous and blue j the 
legs variegated. 
Ardea Hohou. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 630. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 
701. 85. 
Ardea mexicana cinerea. Briss. Orn. 5. 404. 5. 
Xoxoukqui Hoactli. Raii. Syn. 102. 21. 
Houhou Heron. Buff. Ois. 7.384. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 5, 101. /6. 
This inhabits the same situation as the Dry 
Heron : it is said to liave a loud disagreeable cry, 
resembling the word houhou, from whence its 
name is derived. It is in length two feet. three 
inches : its beak is black, and measures seven 
inches in length : the forehead is varied with 
black and white ; the rest of the head is purple : 
the feathers of the occiput are elongated, and form 
a crest, which is of a rich purple hue : the edges 
of the wings are white : the wing-coverts mottled 
with blue and cinereous : the secondaries are of 
great length, almost equalling the primaries : the 
rest of the plumage is of an ash-colour.: the legs 
are variegated with brown, black, and yellowish. 
