HERON. 



round the eye bare * of feathers, and of a reddifh brown colour : 

 the plumage in general is brown, gloffed with a reddifh copper- 

 colour on the quills and tail : moll of the feathers of the upper 

 part have the edges paler than the reft of the feathers j and thofe 

 of the neck and breaft are ftreaked with white down the fhaft : 

 the chin white : the naked parts of the thighs and legs are white : 

 the toes are not joined by a membrane at the bafe, but the mid- 

 dle claw is pectinated on the inner margin, where it rifes into an 

 edge. 



This inhabits Cayenne, and is a doubtful fpecies, hanging be- Place. 



tween the Heron and Curlew, but feems moil allied to the 

 former. 



• Not clear, it feems to Be fo in the PI. Enl, 



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