S3 



HERON. 



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 Var. A. 



LeButor delaBayed'Hudfon, Brif. Orn. v. p. 449. i^.—Buf. Oif. vii.p. 430. 

 Bittern from Hudfon's Bay, ttw. pi. 136. — PA?'/. ?><?«/: vol. Ixii. p. 410. 



Description. 'TpHIS is fmaller than the common Bittern, and is two feet three 

 inches in length: it is very like that in all refpe&s ; but the 

 ground colour is darker, more inclined to brown, and the bill 

 longer than in our fpecies. 



This inhabits Hudfon's Bay, and appears a mere variety of 

 ours. It appears at Severn River the beginning of June, and 

 makes the neft in the fwamps, laying four cinereous green eggs. 

 The neft is compofed of water plants, placed on fome dry fpot 

 among the long grafs. The young are at firft black. Departs 

 in October. Said to be delicate eating. The natives call it 

 Mokohofue, 



Place and 

 Manners. 



18. 



GREATER B. 



Le grand Butor, Brif. Orn. v. p. 455. 28. — Buf. Oif. vii. 422^ 



Greater fpeckled, or red Heron, Raii Sjn. p. 100. 13. — Witt: Oris. p. 283. 



Pescriftion. '"pHIS is considerably bigger than the common Bittern: length 

 three feet nine inches. Bill eight inches long, and yellow- 

 ilh : irides yellow : lore, and fpace round the eye, naked and yel- 

 low: feathers of the head black, and pretty long : the upper part 

 of the neck and body, wings and tail, cinereous brown : fides 

 of the neck rufous, marked with a ftreak of black : throat 

 and fore part of the neck white, daflied with black, and rufous- 

 white ftreaks : feathers on the breaft long and pendent : the co- 

 lour of the under parts of the body rufous: fcapulars the fame, 

 and very narrow : thighs white : legs brown. 



Found 



