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2, Common. Ardea cinerea. A. 
(MALE.) 
(FEMALE.) 
COMMON HERON. 
occipite 
crista nigra dependente, cor- 
pore cinereo, collo subtus 
linea fasciaque pectorali ni- 
gris. (Mas.) Lath. Ind. orn. 
601. zd. Sup. ii. 303. 
Heron cendré. Belon av. 182. 
Alia ardea. Gesner av. 219. 
Aldr. 
Scopoli, No. 
Ardea cinerea major. 
av. ill. 157. 
117. of 
Common Heron, or Heron- 
shaw. Wal. orn. 277. 
Ardea. occipite nigro levi, 
dorso cerulescente, subius 
albida, pectore maculis ob- 
longis nigris. (Femina.) 
Lath. Ind. orn. 691. id. 
Syn. v. 83. 
Ardea Pella sive cinerea. Ges- 
ner av. 211. 
Ardea cinerea tertia. Ald. av. 
Crass Il. 
Ardea cinerea major seu pella. 
Rau Syn. av. 98. 
Garza cinerizia grossa. Zinan. 
113% 
Le Heron hupé. Brisson av- 
vy. 296. Tab. 35. Hist. dois. 
vil. 342. Pl. Enl. 755. 
Reyger. Frisch ii. 199. 
Blauer Rager. Kram. 346. 
Ardea major. Gm. Lin. 627. 
Hager. Faun. Suec. sp. 59. 
The Heron. Br. Zool. 116. 
Tab. A.  Arct. Zool. ii. 
144. 
iil. 159. Wil. orn. 279. & 
Rau Syn. av. 98. 
Ardea cinerea. Lin. syst. 627. 
Danis et Norvegis Heyre v. 
Hegre. Cimbris Skid-Heire 
Skredheire. Brunnich, 156. 
Le Heron. Brisson av. v. 292. 
Tab. 34. Pl. Enl. 787. 
Reyger Frisch, ii. 198. 
Br. Zool. 116. 
THIS bird is remarkably light in proportion 
to its bulk, scarcely weighing three pounds and a 
half; the length is three feet two inches; the 
breadth five feet four inches. 
The body is very 
small, and always lean; and the skin scarcely 
