BLACK-CHESTED WHITE HERON. 
(Ardeapileata.) 
Ar. occipite cristato, corpore albo, vertice mgro. 
Heron with the occiput crested j the body white j the crown of 
the head black. 
Ardea pileata. Lath. Inch Orn. 2. QQ5. 66. 
Ardea Brasiliensis Candida. Briss. Orn. 5. 434. I 7 . 
Le Heron blanc a calotte noire. Buff. Ois, 7. 380. 
Le Heron huppc de Cayenne, Buff. PI. E7il. 907. 
Black-crested white Heron. Lath. Gen. Spn. 5. Q2. 60, A. 
This bird is described by Latham as a variety of 
the Great White Heron in the General Synopsis, 
but in the Index Ornithologicus it is distinguished 
as a species: it is only two feet long, whereas the 
bird with which it was associated is considerably 
more than three feet, without including the beak : 
its entire plumage is white, with the exception of 
a black patch on the top of the head ; the hind 
part of which has a pendant crest, composed of 
six long feathers, the tw^o middle ones of which 
are above six inches long, and the others are 
gradually shortened. It inhabits the rivers of 
Guiana. 
