AEDEIDM — ABDEIN^ : HEBONS. 



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

 at an seasons. Bill, lores, and eyes, yellow ; legs and feet black. Length 36.00-42.00 (not in- 

 cluding the dorsal train, which is a foot or more longer) ; extent 55.00; wing 16.00-17.00 ; tail 

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

 U. S. southerly, and much of W. 1., C. and S. Am. ; straggling northward to Nova Scotia, 



FIG. 458. - European Great White Egret, Herodias alba, i nat. size. (From Brehm.) 

 Canada, Minnesota, etc.; resident in the south. Breeds like other herons; eggs 3-4, 



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



