HERON. 89 



Inhabits Cayenne. I met with one of thefe in a collection Place, 



from that part : it was two feet in length : bill yellow ; tip 

 black : creft long, and white : head and neck inclining to violet : 

 chin and throat mottled with rufous white : long feathers over 

 the rump grey : legs brown : in other things it anfwered to the 

 above defcription. 



La grande Aierette, Buf. Oif. vil. p. 377. — PL En!. 925. — Arfi. Zool. 58. 



N o 34 6, " GREAT EGRET. 



Guiratinga, Rait Sy/t. p. 10 1. 17? — Will. Qrn. p. 285 ? 



'TPHIS is double the fize, of the European Egret, and the head Description. 



is not crefled as in that fpecies. The bill is of a dirty yel- 

 low ; with the top and end dufky : the whole plumage white : 

 the narrow feathers which fpring from the back are much longer 

 in this bird, and fuller, fo as to hang beyond the tail : the legs 

 are black. 



This is found at Cayenne, Guiana, and other parts of South Place akd 

 America-, alfo at St. Domingo and Loui/iane : at the firft-named Manners. 

 place is frequent, among the ijlets in the wetfavannas ; not on the 

 borders olf alt-water rivers, nor the fea ; but only near ftagnant 

 waters or rivers, where it can fhelter itfelf among the reeds. They 

 do not collect in flocks, and are very fhy, though not uncom- 

 mon. Bougainville* alfo met with Egrets in Falkland IJlands, 

 and took them at firft for common Herons. Towards night they 

 made a harfh barking noife, not unlike that of the wolf which 

 frequents thofe parts. 



* Vay. p« 67, — It is moft likely to prove this, rather than the following, from 

 the fize. 



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