H E R O N« 101 



Le Heron cendre du Mexique, Brif. Orn, v. p. 504. 5. 76. 



Hohou, Buf. Oif. vii p. 384. HOUHOU H. 



Xoxoukqui Hoadlli, Hoa&on, feu ardea cinerea minor mexicana oriftata 9 

 Rati Syn. p. 102. 21. 



ENGTH two feet three inches. Bill feven inches, black: Descrim-iok, 

 the fore part of the head is variegated with white and black, 

 the reft of the head purple j at the back part a creft of the fame 

 colour: the general colour of the bird cinereous: edges of the 

 wings white : wing coverts blue and afh-colour, mixed : the fe- 

 cond quills nearly of equal length with the prime ones : legs 

 variegated with brown, black, and yellowifh. 



Inhabits the wet places of Mexico, but is fcarce, being only Place. 



feen at intervals. 



Buffon gives it the name Houhou, from its fuppofed cry being 

 like that word*. 



77. 



Le Bee ouvert, Buf, Oif. vii. p, 409. — PL Enl. 93Z. PONDICHERRY 



H. 



THIS is a fingular fpecies, and meafures in length fourteen n-^-ri.»™..«™ 

 P ■* C* ijJE SCRIP nON j 



inches and a half. The bill is as long as in the Heron tribe, 

 very thick and ftout at the bafe, for about one fourth of its length, 

 it then becomes flender, and finifhes in a point ; the under man- 

 dible is lefs ftout, and gradually leflens to the end, but is curved 

 inward the whole length, fo that the mandibles only touch at the 

 bafes and tips, (landing hollow from each other in the middle •, 

 the colour of both is yellow, but towards the head dufky : the 



* The fame name is alfo given by Buffon to a Cuckovi. See ^Egyptian Cucfoiv, 

 vol. i. p. 522. N° 16. of this work. - 



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