28 HERON. 



also vegetables of all kinds ; is observed to sleep on one leg, and 

 will run very fast; it also flies well, and continues the flight for a 

 longtime: the flesh of this bird is said to be tough, and not well 

 tasted. Mr. Barrow met with it far inwards from the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; for the first time near the Melk River, not far from Candeboo. 



2.— DEMOISELLE HERON. 



Ardea Virgo, Ind. Orn. ii. 673. Lin. i. 234. Gm. Lin. i. 619. Borowsk. iii. 84. 



Gerin. iv. t. 435 ? 436. Robert, Ic. pi. 15. 17. 

 Grus Numidica, Bris. v. 38S. Id. 8vo. ii. 311. Klein, 121. VI. 

 La Grue de Numidie, ou Demoiselle, Bvf. vii. 313. pi. 15. PI. enl. 241. Dodart. 



Mem, iii. p. 3. pi. 35. — Windpipe. 

 Kurki, Forsk. Faun. Arab. p. 9. 4 ? 



Garza de Mallorka, Madamusela, Gabin. de Madrid, i. p. 19. lam. 9. 

 Dancing Bird, Pococke's Travels, ii. 207. 

 Demoiselle Heron, or Nuniidian Crane, Gen. Syn. v. 35. Id. Sup. ii. 297. Alb. iii. 



pi. 83. Edw. pi. 134. Pit/. Mem. pi. p. 204. Phil. Trans, lvi. 210. pi. 11. p. 



215. — Windpipe. Lin. Trans, iv. 105. pi. x. f. 4. — Windpipe. Wood's Zoogr. i. 



p. 517. pi. 22. 



SIZE of the Crane; length three feet three inches. Bill two 

 inches and a half long, straight, greenish at the base, changing to 

 yellow, with the tip red; irides crimson; crown of the head ash- 

 colour ; the rest of the head, greater part of the neck behind, and all 

 forwards to the breast, black ; the feathers of the latter very long, 

 some of them at least nine inches, and hang loose over the adjacent 

 parts; the lower part of the neck behind, back, and wings, tail, and 

 all beneath bluish ash ; behind each eye springs a tuft of long white 

 feathers, which decline downwards, and hang in an elegant and 

 graceful manner ; the greater quills and tail are black at the ends, 

 but from the length of the second quills, which are very long, and 

 conceal both, are not observed, while the bird is in a quiescent state; 

 the legs are long, and black. The two sexes are much alike. 



