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PHILIPPINE HERON. 
NEW GUINEA HERON. 
(Ardea Novae-Guineae,) 
Ar. corpore ioto 7iigro, iridtbus JIavis, rostro pedibiisque fuscis. 
Heron with the body entirely black ; the irides yellow j the 
beak and feet brown. 
Ardea Novae Guineae. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 644. — Lath. Ind. 
Orn. 2. 685. 34. 
Crabier noir de la nouvelle Guinea. Luff. Ois. 7. 394. — Luff. 
PI. Enl. 926. 
New Guinea Heron. Lath. Gen. Spn. 5. 71- 34. 
This curious bird is only ten inches in length, 
and the whole of its plumage is black : its beak 
and legs are brown : the irides yellow. It is a 
native of New Guinea : its manners are unknown. 
PHILIPPINE HERON. 
(Ardea Philippensis.) 
Ar. castanca subtus alhida y dorso striis iransvcrsis nigrisy tectri- 
cibus alarum nigricantibus albo iJiarginatis, remigibus cauddque 
nigris. 
Chesnut Heron, beneath whitish ; with the back transversely 
striped with black ; the wing-coverts dusky, edged with 
white ; the quills and tail black. 
