ARDEID^. 325 



tip ; the throat and pectoral lines white ; the breast varied Avith 

 ferruginous ; the abdomeu red. 

 Ardea fasciata. Zool. Journ. {Such.) v. xi.p. 117. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length two feet four inches 

 and a half: the wings dusky -brown, margined at the 

 tip by a narrow white band : the lower coverts white, 

 variegated with brown : the tail-feathers above black, 

 beneath brown ; the two middle ones spotted with 

 white at the tip, the rest margined at the tip by a 

 narrow white band : the sides of the abdomen, the 

 rump, and vent ashy-brown, the last variegated with 

 white : the beak black : the legs yellowish. 



GENUS CCCXXVIII.— NYCTICORAX mihi. 

 NIGHTHERON. 



Generic character ; vide Steph. v. xi. p. 608. 



-f- Ny. Jamaicensis. Steph. v. xi. p. 614.— Ny.Cayanensis. Steph. 

 V. xi. p. 612; young. 



GENUS CCCXXIX.— CANCROMA, Linne. BOATBILL. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xi. p. 638. 



GENUS CCCXXX.— PHCENICOPTERUS, Linne. 

 FLAMINGO. 



Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. l.p. 185. 



Ph. ruber, Steph. v. xii. l.p. 186. pi. 24. — Ph. parvus. Steph. 

 v. xii. p. 189; young.?" 



GENUS CCCXXXI.— PLATALEA, Linne. SPOONBILL, 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xi. p. 644. 



GENUS CCCXXXII.— CICONIA, Ray. STORK. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xi. p. 616. 



