24 HERO K. 



Place act Inhabits Carolina in faring, and is believed to breed there. 



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Not (ten in winter. Is common at New York, and I have alfo 

 received it from Jamaica ; but at both thefe places the bill is 

 black, though in my fpecimen the lore was of a browniih or 

 faded red colour. I obferve alfo that in fome fpecimens feveral 

 of the fecondaries have the ends brown. 



63. Le petit Heron blanc, Brif. Orn. v. p. 438. 20. 



Var. A. La Garzette blanche, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 371. 



Third fma!l white Heron of Aldrovand, Will. Orn. p. 280. — Rail Sjn. 

 p. 99. 6. 



Description. TN this the bill is fmall, thick, and yellow : lore and irides the 

 fame: the top of the head and neck nearly of a faffion-colour; 

 breaft the fame, but paler : the reft of the plumage white : legs 

 faffron-colour. 

 Place. Found at Bologna, in Italy. 



_. 3"_ Le Heron blanc duMexique, Brif. Orn. v. p. 437. 19. — Buf, Oif. vii. p. 406. 



Ardea Mexic. minim, candidiff. Rait Sjn. p. 102. 22. 



Descr-ption. CIZE of a Pigeon. Bill and legs purple: lore yellow: the 

 whole plumage pure white. 

 CB Inhabits Mexico, where the natives call it Hoitzilaztatl. 



64- Le Heron noir, Brif. Orn. v. p. 439. 21.— Buf. Oif. vii. p. 368. 



BLACK H. 



Description. CIZE of the common Heron. Bill black : general colour of the 



plumage the fame, with a glofs of blue on the wings : the 



fpace between the bill and eyes covered with a bare black fkiii : 



the 



