So 



HERON. 



45- 

 Var. C. 



Le Crabier du Brefil, Brif. Om. v. p. 479. 40. 



chalybe, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 404. 



Ardeola brafilienfis Marcgr. Rati Syn. p. 101. 18. 



A fmall brafilian Bittern of Marcgrave, Will, On:, p- 285. 



Description. 'TT HI S is fcarce as big as a Pigeon : length fixteen inches. The 

 bill two inches and a half long, dufky, the under part 

 white : irides, and bare fkin round the eyes, yellow : the general 

 colour of the plumage is black, with a polifhed fteel glofs, mixed 

 with a little brown on the head, and brown and yellowifh on 

 the back, with the addition of afh-colour on the wing coverts : 

 all the under parts are white, variegated with cinereous and 

 pale yellow feathers : the quills are greenifh, with a white fpot 

 near the tips : the tail the fame, but not marked with white : 

 legs yellow. 

 Place. This inhabits Brafil, and is a ftately fpecies, walking erect: it 



is by the natives called Cocoi. 



46. Ardea violacea, Lin. Syft. i. p. 238. 16. 



YELLOW- Le Crabier de Bahama, Brif. Om. v. p. 481. 4!. 



CROWNED H. . gr ; s . d e.fer, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 399- 



Ardea casrulea, Rati Sjn. p. 189. z.— Sloan. Jam. p. 314. pi. 264. fig. 5. 



Grey-crefted Gaulding, Bronun Jam. p. 478. 



Crcfied Bittern, Caiejb. Car. i. pi. 79. — Aril. Zool. N° 352. 



Description. T ENGTH fifteen inches and a half: weight half a pound. 

 The bill near two inches and three quarters long, and black : 

 irides red ; the bare fkin round them green : crown of the head 

 yellow, ending in a creft., which elongates into four or five white 

 feathers, the longeft near fix inches ; the reft of the head is 

 blue black ; on each fide is a white ftreak from the corner of the 



mouths 



