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ORD. I. GEN. II. HERON. 



SPE. VIII. WHITE HERON. 

 PI. 151. 



This bird is exceeded in fize by none of the genus, except the crane, being 

 full as large as the common heron, and nearly three feet fix inches in length. 

 The bill is of a greenifh yellow : the eyes pale yellow : the naked fkin between 

 the eyes and bill, green : the plumage wholly of a pure white : the legs black. 



The white heron is, we believe, no where in Europe fo rare as in Great 

 Britain : it has however now and then vifited us. In America it is a common 

 fpecies, migrating alternately from fouth to north j and has alfo been met with 

 in New Zealand. 



