HERON. 83 



Ardea major, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 256. iz. — Scop. Ann. i. N° 117. — Kram. El. 50. 



p. 346. N° ^.-Fnfch. t. 199. f-COMMON H. 



Le Heron hupe, Brif. Qrn. v. p. 396. 2. pi. 35.- — Buf. Oif. vii. p. 342.— Male. 



PL Enl. 755. 

 Common Heron, Raii Syn. p. 98. A. I. — Will. Orn. 277. pi. 49. 

 Crefted Heron, Albin, i. pi. 67. — Br. Zool. N° lj^.—ArtJ. Zool. N° 343. 



Ardea cinerea, Liu. Syfl. i. p. 256. 11. — Faun. Suec. 165. — Scop. Ann, i. Female. 



N° 117. — Brun. p. 156. — Midler, p. 22. — FriJ'ch. t. 198. 

 Le Heron, 5r/y; Oru. v. p. 392. 1. pi. 34.-- Buf. Oif. vii. p. 342. pi. 19. 



— PL Enl. 787. 

 Common Heron, Albin, iii. pi. 78. — Br. Zool. N" 173. pi. 61. —Arcl. Zool. 



N° 343- 



£r. M«/: £«*>. Ma/: 



H I S is a beautiful though common fpecies. 

 The Male weighs about three pounds and a half: length Description. 

 three feet three inches. Bill fix inches long, colour dufky, be- 

 neath at the bafe yellowifh : round the eye greenhh, and bare of 

 feathers ; irides yellow : forehead and crown white ; fides of it 

 over the eye black : all the feathers of the crown long, two in 

 particular being eight inches in length ; on the whole forming a 

 moil elegant crefl: * : the neck white ; the fore part of it marked 

 with a double row of black fpots : wing coverts blueifh grey : 

 outer edges of the wing white: baftard wing, and greater quills, 

 •black: middle of the back almoft bare, covered by the fcapulars, 

 which are grey and white, of a loofe texture, long and narrow : 



* Thefe are ufed as ornaments in the Eaft, and bear a confiderable price, We 

 believe that this appendage is found only in males of a full age, or perhaps very 

 old birds. 



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