TER ON. 
-ottt ‘making aneft. Like the Common bittern it frequents 
wnarfhes, and fecretes _ among the reeds in the nN 
-  Liveara. ooth ; bill and lores. blue ; on 
-and tail black ; body abbve waved with rufous, yellowi 
and brown lines ; ; beneath dirty white. Gmel. Onor? raye, 
. Boff. ittera, Toath. 
nhabits South America; the length two feet and a 
quarter ; ‘lied and neck rufous, with numerous brown hives 
‘erofling each other ; on the anterior part of the neck a white 
‘line, each fide edged onh black fpots ; leys ‘yellow. ‘This 
“fpecies frequents the banks of rivers, where it preys on 
“fiihes and reptiles. It is faid, like the commion bittern, to 
make a vigorous defence ere wounded, and to {trike its 
enemy with advantage, efpeciall y aiining at the eyes n 
of thefe “k _ ae as is related, was of fingular utility in 
deftroyi watching them with all the attention of thé 
oe wees eae even with better fuccefs, 
ava. Streaked; above brown, beneath white ; head 
and pr reddith ; tilfeathes with tranfverfe white ftreales. 
nedu Brefil, Bull. Brafilian vittern, with 
Tellaw Bittern. 
<Beiined near the tips. brown, and at the bafe green nith 5 bins 
olden; feathers of the belly edged with yellow ; ; ‘tail 
ineated With white; legsdutky-grey. The fpecies inhabits 
Brafil, and is Sfleemed acd eatit €. 
Bovoniensis. Black ; collar white ; legs with two fpots 
on the yellow bill black. Ginel. riled nigra — 
> Brill, 2 congener, Raj... Collared heron. 
Size of the art — Bononia. 
Avpa. Head ; body white; bill tawny ; legs 
black. Linn. Pres a, Gefn. alba 
«Marfd.s Great white g oane. 
A > 
Great white heron. 
fix’ 
‘inches long ; 
> Phainage in general White. 
) creited ; body white ; 
sean livin aie a bie noire. Buff. . 
br candida, Bhick erated white beron 
icc 4 the ltt, ind! fh 
wtrdea 
habits mvarthes in Ghia is sre bill 
leg’s pale yellow ; lores: ath i a This is & 
CFa, - 
¢town , 
Inhabits geen ar aad the neighbouring iffes, where it is 
held facred. ‘The length is about two feet three inches; 
the general: ae 3 the plumage os the bill four 
itches long and browsifh. On the mi the crown 2 
few dufky feathers; the lees pale yellow. A fuppofed va- 
riety of this bird ids the crown white, the body varie — 
white and black ; dorfal feathers jagged and black, 
legs blac 
ArRaA, Entirely black ; face naked; head fmooth. 
Gmel. Ardea migra, Brill. Héron noir, Bult, Black dee 
ron 
Size of the common heron, and mhabits Silefia. 
Purrurata. Head fmooth; crown and neck blackith- 
e ath; sclagee above purple-bay ; beneath eimereous; face naked 
ifh. 
and 
oe aincn KA. le-bay ; wings, tail, and {n¥eoth head 
bay; crown black. Gmel. Ardea wesicana poppe, 
Brifl. Mexican heron. 
Length twelve inches, ‘This kind intaioits New * Spain 
TEALIS. ; two fir 
quill- feathers brown on the outer edge. Gm ie 
: IL Thee candida, Brill. Crabier blanc a bec rouge, Bull. Line 
ite be 
ive SF Americas length eighteen — the bill and 
lores red ; irides yellow ; Ee green. riety is found 
n Italy, the crown a and reatt of ihe Sap are faffron 5 and 
the lores and legs pale yel leswith, Another‘oecurs in Mex- 
ico, the lores of whch are pale yellow the bill purples aud 
the oe pale pur 
Had: fmooth ; ‘body variegated swith reddit 5 
above “ploeith-ath 3 beneath cinereous; neck beneath and 
breait —— Gmel. Ceasrvophuges Ainevicaes, Briff. Cra- 
Tuhabits near the banks of vives in Chili and other iparts 
of South America. ‘By fome it-is called ¢ra-era ite Sa 
ery when in’ Aight; ; theinatives eallit Jaboutea. ‘The 
pellowith : frowns Orbits ' naked and yeb 
dh; hind head ann ‘neck above Brows, al xed with > 
Differ witiie-coverts wreen, edged ‘with vifeus;-aiks ‘preater 
and quill-feathers ¢ edged with — s yello’ 
Lrvcocrrivara, a ane 
be et ‘of the head, eck, aaa mae ‘Gmel. 
i no ‘Head {mooth ; bill and legs 
fiowys feathers ‘of the neck ind back towiag. 5 Giael : "Tenth thirty-three inches. _ Inbiabits Coromande 
Snowy Rura. Black; ‘head fmooth; temples ver 
| Builds ih high reds in hla dendd showabarstba dou brea riifous; lower part Of the heck whitith, ‘with longi- 
infin | the iwititer héar the Black fea. ‘The ~twainfal brownith fpots 5 tipper jpart, back, and wigs brown 
bird, called by Ardea eter nda oa afh. Scopoli. x ous heron. 
‘a'variety. ‘The fize a the “Niitive of ‘Size -of the oman "heron from 
I . eath c the hind head ines browa. 
‘and br rather: ra Brown 'vwith pale bats 5 ob fcoth 5 Wig? 
ith tranfverf : OR finial: cies found in’ Chita, eapiate 
cand: tajl-fehthers with f al Blackith-brov cuca 
ge acer Pn : 
Leng fixteen inc oh annie ee gitenith. jeer « 
“ a viehi_v bre  HHreak ‘5 fu autraen a SERRE eee fpotted 1 wih browns : . 
poo and wo Ratogaves - Pin. 
"Phis curious fpecies lives‘on fithes and infeéts, ‘inhabit ‘Phe thi sin his pecs are ifous, tte ep to 
“inarthes “Of "South A and ‘thee the a ‘Size’ un e sa tacued 
SHCRA. ar ars eerie sos: Gmel Santi aloud wan acy et, as 
ene and broad 
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