HERON. 



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Rufly-crowned Heron, ArB. Zool. N° 358.- 

 Lei>. Muf. 



J Z E of the common Bittern. Head fmooth, (lightly crefted : 

 bill feven inches long, {lender, yellow : irides the fame: fore- 

 head dufky : throat white : creft and back part of the neck deep 

 ferruginous; on the fore part four ftreaks of black : feathers of 

 the breaft long and loofe : a dark line paftes from the breaft up- 

 wards to the back of the neck: back and wing coverts deep fer- 

 ruginous, marked with a few black fpots : quills dufky : tail 

 fhort, lead-coloured : belly and breaft dirty white, ftriped with 

 black : legs dirty yellow. 

 Inhabits North America. 



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 RUSTY- 

 CROWNED H, 



Description. 



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ACE* 



Afh-coloured Heron, ArB. Zool. N° 353.. 



ENGTH two feet one inch. Bill ftrong, black: cheeks 

 and chin whitifh : neck pale cinereous brown,, ftreaked be- 

 fore with white : back, wings, and tail, cinereous, clouded round 

 each feather with dufky : feathers on the fides of the back long 

 and broad, hanging over the ends of the wings : belly white : 

 legs yellowifh. 



Inhabits New York : arrives in May ; breeds, and. leaves the 

 country in Oclober. 



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 ASH-COLOUR- 

 ED H. 



Description,, 



Place, 



Streaked Heron, ArB. Zool. N° 354. 

 Lev. Muf. 



T ENGTH feventeen inches 



Bill two inches : crown dufky: 

 cheeks and hind part of the neck rufty and black : chin, 

 6 throat* 



STREAKED H. 



Description. 



