GREAT WHITE HERON. 135 



The adult male of the Great White Heron measures from 

 the beak to the extremity of the tail about three feet six 

 inches. The beak is black except at the base, where it 

 has a little yellow. The legs are black, with a strong 

 transparency of flesh red ; the iris bright yellow : the lore 

 is greenish ; the gape yellow. The whole of the feathering 

 is white ; the feathers on the top of the head are rather 

 elongated and bushy towards the back of the head, but the 

 present species has no pendant feathers in the nape : the 

 feathers on the rump are very loose and long, hanging over 

 that part, and hiding the tail from above. 



The egg figured 162 is that of the Great White Heron. 



