578 
LOUISIANE HERON. 
Native of the Coromandel coast: length one 
foot nine inches : the beak is yellow : between the 
beak and eyes bare, and grey : the old bird with 
an elongated occipital crest, composed of several 
feathers, that fall down over the hind part of the 
neck, and are striped with dusky and white : the 
upper part of the head and hind part of the neck 
rufescent, as are also the long feathers which 
adorn the lower part of the neck : the wing-coverts 
and back are tinged with, rufous, and the feathers 
of the scapulae are elongated, and reach beyond 
the tail : the rest of the plumage is white : the legs 
are yellow. 
LOUISIANE HERON. 
•f* (Ardea Ludoviciana.) 
Ah. crislata cinerea, collo abdominequc rujis, vertice alls caudaque 
viridi-Jiigricantibiis , pedibus Jiavis. 
Grey-crested Heron, with the neck and abdomen rufous 3 the 
crown, wings, and tail, dusky green 3 the feet yellow. 
Ardea Ludoviciana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 630 . — Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 690. 5 1 . 
Le Crabier roux, d t^te et queue vertes. Btiff. Ois. 7. 40 y. 
Crabier de la Louisiane. Buff. PL E71I. 909. 
Louisiane Heron. Lath. Geti. Syn. 5 . 81 . 4 /. — Penn. Arct. 
Zool. 2. 350 . 
Inhabits Louisiana. Length sixteen inches : 
the beak dusky : the orbits pale yellow : tlie top 
