74 HERON. 



33. Le Crabier roux tachete, Brif. Om. v. p. 471. 



Var. A. 



Description. T IKE the laft, except the neck, which is fpotted with black 

 on the fides; and the legs yellowifh inftead of red. 

 This is a mere variety of the laft, if not a young bird. 



39- 



Ardea comata, Pall. Trav. iii- p. 715- N° 31. 

 SQJJACCQ H. Le Crabier jaune, Brif. Om. v. p. 472. 37. 



Le Guacco, Buf. Oif. vii, p. 392. 

 Crabier de Mahon, Ibid. p. 393. — PL Enl. 348. 

 Sguacco, Rati Syit. p. 99. 8. — Will. Om. p. 381. 8. 

 Lev. Mnf. 



Description. Q IZE of the blue Heron. Bill of a livid red, with a brown tip : 

 lore greenifh : irides yellow : crown of the head much creft- 

 ed, fix of the feathers hanging quite down to the back ; thefe are 

 narrow, white margined with black : the neck and breaft pale 

 ferruginous ; the feathers on the flrft very long and loofe : back 

 ferruginous, inclining to violet, and furnifhed with long narrow 

 feathers, which reach beyond the wings when clofed, and fall 

 over them : wings, rump, tail, belly, and vent, white ; the tail 

 pretty long : legs ftout, of a greenifh yellow ; claw of the mid- 

 dle toe ferrated within. 

 Place. This is an elegant fpecies, and inhabits the bays of the Cqfpian 



Sea, and the flow ftreams of the fouthern Defert. It is alfo met 

 with in Italy, about Bologna, where it is called Sguacco, and is 

 faid to be a bold and courageous bird. 



