HERON, 



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Ardea pumila, N. C. Petr. xiv, p. 502. pi. 14. 1. 42. 



DWARF H. 



T ENGTH nineteen inches and a half. Bill three inches. Description. 



black, with yellow edges ; the lower mandible yellowifli 

 white, with a dufky bafe : lore and irides yellow : head, hind 

 part of the neck, and fides, white; fometimes rufous white, with 

 dull chefnut margins and white tips : throat white j from 'it a 

 longitudinal ftripe of the fame colour pafTes down the fore part 

 of the neck to the bread, which with the belly is yellowifli white : 

 the fcapulars, lefler wing coverts, and back, are chefnut ; the 

 other coverts mixed white and pale yellow : the two firft quills 

 are alh-colour on the outer webs, the reft only at the tips, ob- 

 fcurely fhaded with rufous and white : rump and tail white : legs 

 dufky : claws blackifli. 



Inhabits the borders of the Cajpian Sea. Place. 



Br. Muf. 



CIZE of the Green Heron: length to rump * one foot. Bill 

 two inches and a half long, and yellow : general colour of 

 the plumage cinnamon-colour, verging to chefnut, much paler 

 on the under parts : chin and vent almoft white : down the mid- 

 dle of the fore part of the neck ftreaked with brown : on each 

 fide of the throat, under the jaw, a final] patch of white : legs 

 yellow. 



Inhabits China. 



• The tail is wanting. 



43- 

 CINNAMON H. 



Description, 



Placs. 



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