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HERON. 



74. C I Z E not mentioned. Bill yellowifh : between that and the 



-" eye bare, and of a yellowifh green : on the crown a fhort 



pendant black creft : plumage on the upper parts grey, the un- 

 der white : the feathers on the fore part of the neck long and 

 loofe, marked with longitudinal black fpots : quills all black : legs 

 brownifh : infide of the middle toe ferrated. 

 Place. Inhabits the ifland of Johanna. Taken from fome Chinefe 



drawings formerly in the poflfeffion of the late Dr. Fothergill. 



_,. Le Heron hupe du Mexique, Brif. Orn. v. p. 418. II. 



DRY H. L'Hoai, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 382. 



Hoaftli, or Dry Bird, Rati Syn. p. 179. 8. — Will. Orn. p. 389. (the male.) 

 Hoailon, Will. Orn. p. 391. (the female.) 



Description. f ENG'TH two feet three inches. Bill five inches; black, the 

 Male. fides of it yellow: irides yellow: eyelids red: the head 



crefted and black : forehead from eye to eye white : between the 

 bill and eye bare and yellowifh : the upper parts of the neck and 

 body are greenifh black : wing coverts greenifh afh-colour: all 

 the under parts of the body white : the quills and tail afh-co- 

 loured : legs yellow. 

 Femaie. The female has the upper parts brown, mixed with white : the 



under white, varied with brown : otherwife like the male. 

 Place. Inhabits the lakes of Mexico, and breeds among the reeds: 



it bites hard, and has a loud flat voice. The Spaniards call this 

 bird Martinete Pefcador*, but this muft be from its catching fifh, 

 for it cannot otherwifc be called a KingfiJJoer. 



* Kingsfirtier. 



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