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tigiate feathers drooping far beyond the tail; neck closely feathered. Plumage entirely white 

 at all seasons. Bill, lores, and eyes, yellow ; legs and feet black. Length 36.(JO-4^.00 (not in- 

 eluding the dorsal train, which is a foot or more longer) ; extent 55.00 ; wing 10.00-17.00 ; tail 

 5.50-6.50; bai 4.50-5.00; tarsus about 6.00 ; tibije bare 3.50. ? averaging smaller than <?. 

 U. S. southerly, and much of W. I., C. and S. Am. ; straggling northward to Nova Scotia, 



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Fig. 458. — European Great Wliite Egret, Herodias alba, J nat, size. (From Brelim.) 



Canada, Minnesota, etc.; resident in the south. Breeds like other herons; eggs 3-t, 

 2.20-1.55. 

 259. GARZET'TA. (Ital. name of a heron. Fig. 459.) Small Egret Herons. Form of the 

 preceding, but size small ; length about 2 feet. Color white ; an occipital crest, and short 

 recurved train of stiff-shafted loose-webbed feathers in the breeding season ; lower neck-feathers 

 lengthened, depending. (See fig. of the European species, G. nivea.) 



