Ciass II. WHITE HERON. 
forepart of which, the breast and thighs, were 
of a buff color; the belly and: vent-feathers 
white; the hind part of the neck bare of fea- 
thers, but covered’ with thosé* growing on: the 
side of it; on the setting on of the wing was 
a large chesnut spot; the lesser coverts of a 
yellowish buff; the larger coverts whitish ; the 
web of that next the back half buff and half 
‘black; the quil feathers black; the legs and 
toes dusky; .and what is singular in a bird of 
this genus, the feathers grew down to the knees ; 
the inside of the middle claw was ‘serrated. 
For this description, and the drawing, we are 
indebted to Mr. Plymley. 
Ardea candida, le Heron 
blanc. Brisson av. v. 428. 
Hist. dois. vii. 365. Pl. 
Ardea alba. A. capite levi, 
corpore albo, rostro fulvo, 
pedibus nigris. Lath. Ind. 
orn. 695. id. Syn. v: Ql. 
Le Heron blane. Belon av. 
191. 
Ardea alba. Gesner av. 213. 
Turner. 
Wil. orn. 279. 
Raut Syn. av. 99. 
Enl. 886. - 
Grosser weisser Rager. Kram. 
346. Scopoli, No. 126. 
Ardea alba. Gm. Lin. 639. 
Faun. Suec. sp. 166. 
Br. Zool.117. Arct. Zool. iis 
145, 
Tus bira has not fallen within our obser- 
vation; therefore we must give Mr. /Villugh- 
by’s account of it. The length to the end of De 
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