SACKED IIEHON. 
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tills country, it having been shot near Kingsbridge 
in Devonshire, the latter end of October ] 805 : it 
was observed for several days in the same field, 
attending some cows, and picking up insects, which 
were found in its stomach : it was not shy. This 
specimen is now placed in the British Museum. 
The native place of this species appears to be 
Carolina, and other parts of North America, as far 
as Mexico. 
SACRED HERON. 
(Ardea sacra.) 
Ar. alba, tectricibus minoribus alarum rectricibusque nigro- 
Uneatis, 
White Heron, with the lesser wing-coverts and the tail-feathers 
striped with black. 
Ardea sacra. Gmel. Si/st. Nai. 1. 640. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 
696. 69. 
Sacred Heron. Lath. Gen. Syyi. 5 . 92. 62. 
The Sacred Heron is a native of Otaheite and 
the neighbouring islands, where it is esteemed 
sacred. It is thus described by Latham : “ Size 
of the little Egret : length two feet three inches ; 
general colour of the plumage white : beak four 
inches long, dusky brown : on the middle of the 
crown a few obscure dusky streaks down the shafts 
