5« 



HERON. 



no temptation as a food, as it is allowed on all hands to be 

 unfavoury. 



10. 



AMERICAN 

 ST. 



Description. 



Place. 



La Cigogne d'Amerique, Brif. Orn. v. p. 369. 3. 

 Le Maguari, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 275. 



Ciconia Americana, American Stork, Raii Sjn. p. 97. i.—Will. Oriu 

 p. 287. 



CIZE of the laft. Bill nine inches long ; the bafe half of a 

 yellowilh green, the reft of a blueifh afh-colour : irides filver- 

 coloured; orbits red; and between the bill and eyes a bare fkin 

 of the fame colour: the plumage in general is white: the feathers 

 on the lower part of the neck before, long and loofe : the tail is 

 white ; but the feathers above it are black : the greater fcapu- 

 lars, greater coverts, and quills, are alfo black ; and thofe neareft 

 the body as long as the quills : the legs, and bare part of the 

 thighs, are red : claws broad and flat. 



This fpecies is found in the warmer parts of America, efpe- 

 cially Brajil, and is accounted good food : is faid to fnap with 

 the bill, like the common Stork. 



1 1. 



BLACK ST. 



Description. 



Ardea nigra, Lin. Sjjl. i. p. 235. 8. — Faun. Suec. 163. — Scop. Ann. L 

 N° 124. — Brun. N° 157. — Mulhr, p. 22. — Georp Reifi, p. 1 7 1 . 



La Cicogne brune, Brif. Orn. v. p. 362. pi. 31. — PI. Enl. 399. 



noire, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 271. 



Black Stork, Rait Sjn. p. 97. A. 2. — Will. Orn. p. 286. pi. $2.—jilbin, ill.. 

 pi. 82. — Aril. Zoo/, p. 456. 



CIZE of a fmall Turkey : length two feet nine inches. Bill 



five inches and a half long, of a greenifh grey, with a 



, whitifh tip : the top of the head is brown, glolTed with violet 



6 and 



