FERRUGINEOUS HERON. 
5TG 
and the rivers in the vicinity: it is also found in 
Holland, Poland, Russia, Turkey, the Grecian 
Archipelago, Sardinia, and Italy, and accidentally 
in various parts of Germany : it builds among 
the reeds, and lays from four to six greenish eggs. 
I believe this species has been shot in England. 
FERRUGINEOUS HERON. 
(Ardea ferruginea.) 
Ar. subcrislata nigricans rufomaculata, suhtus rujo albklo cinereo 
fuscoqiie variegata. 
Slightly crested Heron 5 dushy, spotted with rufous ; beneath 
variegated with rufous, white, cinereous, and brown, 
Ardea ferruginea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 634. — Lath.Ind. Orn, 2, 
688.41. 
Ferrugineous Heron. Lath. Gen. Spi. 5. 76 * 41. 
Length twenty-one inches and a half : beak 
straight, sharp ; the base greenish flesh-colour ; 
the end brownish ; the upper mandible somewhat 
bent at the tip ; between that and the- eyes, and 
over them, naked, and green ; irides saffron- 
colour: feathers of the head, neck, and back, 
longish, black tipped with ferruginous ; those on 
the crown somewhat elongated : chin yellowish 
white : wing-coverts dark brown ; the outer ones 
have ferruginous tips ; those nearest the body 
