569 
ASH-COLOURED HERON. 
— f (Ardea cana.) 
Ar. cinerea, collo Jusco-chierascente, abdomine genis guldque 
albis. 
Cinereous Heron, with the neck greyish brown 5 the abdomen, 
cheeks, and chin, white. 
Ardea cana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 643. — -Lath, Ind. Orn. 2 . 
693. 59. 
Ash-coloured Heron. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2 . 353. — Lath. Gen. 
Syn. 5. 87 . 54. 
This is found at New York : it is two feet in 
length : its beak is strong, and black : the cheeks 
and the chin are whitish : the neck is pale ashy 
brown, streaked on the fore-part with white : the 
back, the wings, and the tail, are cinereous, each 
feather bordered with dusky : the feathers of the 
sides of the back long and broad, hanging over the 
ends of the wings : the belly is white : the legs are 
yellowish. This arrives at New York in May; 
breeds there, and departs in October. 
