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HERON. 



S- 



Var. A. 



JAPAN. CR. 

 Description. 



Place. 



Le Grue du Japon, Brif. Oru. v. p. 381. g. 



QIZE and fhape of the laft. Bill and legs dull green : the 

 upper part of the head covered with a red fkin, fprinkled 

 with a few briftly feathers : fore part of the neck black : the 

 hind part of the reft of the plumage in general white, except 

 the greater quills, which are black : fome of the fecondaries are 

 pointed at the ends, and fo long as almoft to reach the end of 

 the tail. 



Inhabits Japan. I obferve this bird to be frequent in Chinefe 

 paintings and paper-hangings; as alfo reprefented in china ware: 

 in all thefe the loofe feathers which hang over the tail are 

 black. 



HOOPING CR. 



Description. 



Ardea Americana, Lin. Syjl. \, p. 234. 5. 



La Grue d'Amerique, Brif. Orn. v. p. 382. 10. — PL Enl. 8S9. 



■ blanche, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 308. 



Hooping Crane, Catejb. Car. i. pi. 75. — Ediu. p. l^z.—Arll. Zool. N° 339. 



T ENGTH four feet fix inches ; and to the end of the claws 

 five feet feven inches. Bill fix inches, toothed at the edges 

 near the end, and of a yellow brown colour : the top of the 

 head, and under the eyes, covered with a red fkin, befet with 

 black hairs, which are placed fo thick next the bill as to appear 

 nearly black ; this ends in a point nearly beneath the ears : be- 

 hind the crown, on the nape, is a triangular black mark : the 

 general colour of the plumage white ; except the bend of the wing, 

 which is of a pale rofe-colour ; the nine firft quills are black ; 

 the tenth black and white; and the reft white: the legs, and 



bare 



