63 HERON. 



the fame colour as the back : the under parts of the body and 

 tail are white : the legs yellow. 

 Place. Inhabits Senegal. 



30. Ardea virefcens, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 238. 20. 



GREEN H. L e Crabier verd, Brif. Orn v. p. 4S6- 43. pi. 38. fig. I. (male). 



. ■ tachete, Brif. Orn. v. p. 490. 44. pi. 38. fig. 2. (female). 



Le Crabier verd, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 404. (male). 



tachete, Id. p. 405. — PI. En/. 912. (female). 



" Small Bittern, Catefb. Car. i. pi. 80. 

 Green Heron, Aril. Zoo!. N° 349. 



Br. Muf. Leu. Muf. 



Description. Q I Z E of a fmall Fowl: length eighteen inches. The bill is 



greeniili brown ; the under mandible yellowilh next the bafe ; 

 between that and the eye bare and yellow : irides yellow : the- 

 crown of the head of a blackifh gold green, mixed with a glofs 

 of copper in fome lights, and the feathers elongated, forming a 

 handfome creft : neck ferruginous bay : chin and throat white : 

 the reft of the neck before ftreaked with white : in the direction 

 of the under jaw, beneath it, a ferruginous ftreak: back, tail, and 

 wings, duiky brown, with a tinge of lead-colour : the lefler wing 

 coverts and prime quills the colour of the back, edged with buff- 

 colour: the middle and larger wing coverts gloffy dark green, with 

 ferruginous edges : the breaft and belly dufky : the feathers on the 

 lower part of the neck are narrow, and fall over the breaft ; thofe 

 f the back the fame, covering the rump: the legs greenifh. 

 Female. The female has the crown dufky; the feathers of it fcarcely 



elongated: feathers of the neck pale brown, ftreaked with 

 white: back and fcapulars brown j the laft marked with white 



9 j"ft 



