Cuass TI. GARDENIAN HERON. 
called’ Sguacce, from whence it has derived its 
trivial name; is more frequent‘in the bays of 
the Caspian sea and the slow streams of the 
southern desert; and extends to India.” J. L. 
Ardea Gardeni. A. nigricans Gardenian Heron. ad. Syn. 
albo maculata subtus albida TAY 
fusco striata remigibus mar- Gm. Lin. 645. 
gine apiceque albis cauda Butar tacheté ou Ponacre. 
fusca. Lath. Ind. orn. 685. — Brisson av. v. 462. Hist. 
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v- 10. GARDE= 
NIAN. 
Spotted Heron. Lath. Syn. v. dois. vil. 427. Pl. Enl. - 
70. 2d. Sup. i. 305. 939. sania 
Arct. Zool. ii. 150. , 
[IN Mr. Pennant’s copy of his British Zo- 
ology, is the following short description of a 
heron killed near Clefden, which he ‘saw in the 
possession of Mr. Lreland, apothecary, at Ox- 
ford ; 5 it seems evidently the species referred to 
in the synonyms. ID 49 
“Bill, ‘length three ‘ones ‘lorum, pale 
green; irides yellow; head antl neck brown, 
streaked with white; throat pure white; breast 
feathers and neck dark brown, with broad lines 
of white ; belly the same; wings deep brown; 
coverts marked with narrow wedge-shaped 
spots; primaries with broader, the points each 
tending upwards; tail composed of dusky fea- 
thers of equal length; vent white; legs dusky ;_ 
Descrip- 
TION. 
