ss 



HERON. 



Place. 



throat, and fore part of the neck, white ; the laff ftreaked with 

 black : wing coverts ftreaked black and pale buff-colour : outer 

 edge of the wing white : quills dufky : legs greenifh. 



Another of thefe, fuppofed to differ in fex, has a white line on 

 each jaw : fcapulars and greater wing coverts dufky, fpotted 

 with white at the ends. 



Inhabits North America. 



*6. 



REDDISH 

 EGRET. 



Description. 



Place. 



L'Aigrette roufle, Buf Oif. vH. p. 378. — PI. Enl. 902. — ArS. Zcbl. 



N° 348. 



T ENGTH two feet. Bill yellowifh, with a dufky point: 

 lore and round the eye green : the head and neck are co- 

 vered with loofe long feathers of a rufty rufous colour : the long 

 narrow feathers of the back of the fame colour : the reft of the 

 body blackifh grey : legs black. 

 Inhabits Louijiana. 



57- 

 DEMI EGRET. 



Description. 



La Demi-Aigrette, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 378. 



Heron bleuatre a ventre blanc de Cayenne, PL Enl. 350. 



ENGTH fcarcely two feet. Bill dufky yellow; between 

 that and the eye bare, and of the fame colour : the head and 

 neck, as far as the breaft, and the upper parts, wings, and tail, 

 are deep blue black : the under parts of the body, and thighs, 

 white : the legs yellowifh : at the hind head hang two long fea- 

 thers, of the fame colour with the head : and on the lower part of 

 the back are a few long narrow rufous feathers, which fall over 

 the tail, which is very fhort. 



Inhabits 



