LITTLE HERON. 
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upper wing-coverts, and tail, of a deep blue-black, 
and the breast was destitute of the brownish black 
hue ; in other respects similar to the first. 
B. Tibi^ fere totce plumosce. 
B. Tibice nearly clothed with feathers. 
LITTLE HERON. 
(Ardea minuta.) 
Ar. vertice dorso remigibus rectricibusque nigro-virescentibuSi coUo 
tectricibus alarum ahdomineque fulvo-rubris . 
Heron with the crown, back, quills, and tail, green-black ; the 
neck, wing-coverts, and abdomen, of a yellowish red. 
Ardea minuta. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 240. 26. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 
1. 646. 26. — Lath. hid. Orn. 2. 683. 27 . — Leach. Cat. Brit. 
Mus. p. 33. 
Ardea soloniensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 637. 51. young. — Lath. 
Ind. Orn. 2. 681. I9. young. 
Ardea danubialis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 637. 53. young. — Lath. 
Ind. Orn. 2. 681. 21. young. 
Botaurus rufus. Briss. Orn. 5. 458. 29. young. 
Botaurus striatus. Briss. Orn. 5.454. 27. young. 
Ardeola. Briss. Orn. 5. AQ7-^Q‘pl» 40. 1. 
Le Blongois de Suisse. Buff, Ois. 7- 395. — Buff. PI. Enl. 323. 
Le Butor brun raye. Buff. Ois. 7. 424. young. 
Le Butor roux. Buff. Ois. 7. 425. 
Heron blongois. Temm. Man. d'Orni.p. 371* 
Boo-onk, or Long-neck. Bdix>. pi. 2J5. — Gent. Mag. xix.jc/. in 
V' 497- 
Rufous Bittern. Lath, Gen. Syn.5. 60. I9. young. 
