ARDEID^. 323 



HeliaSj Vieillot. 



Sp. 1. Eu, Helias. 



Eu. corpore nigro fulvo alboque fasciato; abdomine strigisque 



capitis albis; collo nifo I'lneis fransversis nigris; caucld nehu- 



losa fascia nigra. 

 Eurypyga with the body banded with black fulvous and white ; 



the abdomen and stripes on the head white ; the neck rufous 



with transverse black lines ; the tail cloudedj with a black bar. 



Ardea Helias. Gmel. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 640. — Scolopax Helias. 

 Lath. Ind. Orn, v. n. p, 725. — Le Caurale, ou petit Paon des 

 Roses. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. viii. p. 169. pi. 14.— Bm/'. 

 PL Enl. 782. 



Caurale Snipe. Lath. Gen. Syn. v. N.p. 156. 



Inhabits Guiana. Length fifteen inches : a 



beautiful bird : the beak is near two inches long, of 



a yellowish-green, and bends a little downwards : 



the head and sides below the eyes are black : over 



the eye is a streak of white ; and the beak is bounded 



beneath by white, passing from the chin and throat 



to the hind head ; in the middle of this white, on 



each side, in the direction of the jaw, is a black 



slender line : the neck and breast are rufous, striated 



transversely with slender black lines: back the same, 



but more grey, crossed with broad bars of black : 



scapulars grey, banded with white : the wings are 



cream-coloured, mottled with black near the shoulder, 



and beautifully banded with rufous-red in the middle, 



and at some distance from the end of the quills ; in 



both places accompanied with black : the tail is grey, 



mottled, and striated across with black interrupted 



bands ; and near the end crossed with a broad bar 



of black, bounded above with rufous-red : the belly, 



thighs, and vent, are white : legs yellow, and rather 



