62 HERON, 



s j, Afdea Braillienfis, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 239. 23. 



BRASILI4N B, Le Heron du Brefil, Brif. Orn. v. p. 441. 23. 



L'Onore de Bois, Bu/. Oif. vii. p. 433. 

 Soco, Raii Syn. p. 100. 14. — Will. Orn. p. 284. pi. 51. 

 Brafilian Bittern, Brown's III, p. S8. pi. 34. — Gent. Mag. vol. xxxiv. p. 209. 



pi. in do. 

 Clucking Hen, Brotun "Jam. p. 478. — Damp. Voy. iii. p' I. p. 75? 



Description. T EN GTH two feet eight inches. Bill black : irides yellow, 

 the head and neck are brown, marked with finall black fpots : 

 throat and fore part of the neck white, marked with longitudinal 

 black and brown fpots : the upper and under parts of the body, and 

 lefTer wing coverts, are blackifh, fpotted all over with yellow j 

 but the greater coverts are plain : the quills and tail are blackilh: 

 the legs brown. 

 Place and This is found in various parts of South America. A different 



defcription is given of this bird in the Gent. Mag. * j which ob- 

 ferves, that it is a quarter lefs than in the common Heron. The bill 

 reddifh yellow : head and upper part of the body deep orange 

 red, finely barred with black: chin whitifh red : fore part of the 

 neck pale red, with oblong black fpots ; the feathers long and 

 loofe : belly white, fpotted with yellow : thighs barred with 

 dufky : quills black, tipped with white : rump and tail coverts 

 dallied with white, black, and yellow narrow lines : tail black, 

 crofTed with a few white lines, and tipped with the fame : legs 

 dull ruft-colour. 



A fecond differed in fome refpects. The long neck feathers 

 were white on their lower parts : breaft and fides white, marked 



Manners. 



• The defcription likewife in Brown's III. differs not materially from this. 

 10 with 



