Crass II. AFRICAN HERON. 
the neck are long, loose, and of a deep ash 
color; the breast ferruginous chesnut ;‘the back 
deep ash color ; the quil feathers and tail black; 
the belly of a pale ferruginous ash color; the 
legs of a dull yellow; the fore part of them, 
and the toes and claws, black. 
The African Heron inhabits the country 
which gives it name, and also Asia; but Dr. 
Latham suggests that it may be the Crested 
purple heron, which is a native of Switzerland, 
in an earlier state of plumage. Ep, 
