Div. II. WATER FOWLS. 



Section I. WITH CLOVEN FEET. 



II. WITH FINNED FEET. 



III. WITH WEBBED FEET. 



SECTION I. 

 Genus I. HERONS. 



I. The CRESTED HERON. 



Heron cendre. Be/on a<u. 1 82. 

 Alia ardea. Ge/ner av. 219. 

 Ardea cinerea major. Aldr. a<v, 



iii. 157. 

 Common Heron, or Heronfliaw. 



Wil. orn. 277. 

 Ardea cinerea major feu pella. 



Raiifyn. av. 98. 



Garza cinerizia grofia. Zlnan* 



113. 

 Le Heron hupe. Briflon av. v. 



296. tab. 35. 

 Blauer Rager. Kram. 346. 

 Ardea major. Lin.fyft. 236. 

 Hager. Faun- Suec.jp. 59. 

 The Heron. Br. Zoo/. 116. tal» 



THIS elegant fpecles is much fcarcer with us 

 than the following, and is rather fiiperior to it 

 in bulk. The bill is fix inches long ; very ftrong, 

 and fharp pointed ; the edges thin and rough : the 

 color dufky above; yellow beneath : the noftrils long 

 and narrow : the irides are of a deep yellow : the 

 fpace round the eyes 3 and between them and the bill 

 covered with a bare greenifh fkin. The forehead and 

 crown of the head white : the hind part adorned with 

 a beautiful pendent creft of black feathers, the longed: 

 above four iches long : the hind part of the neck, 



and 



Defer. 



