54 HERON. 



Inhabits the warmer parts of North America, especially Brazil, and 

 accounted good food; said to snap with the bill as the Common Stork. 

 One of these, alive some time since, at Exeter Change, London, had 

 the beginning of the back pale rose-colour. M. Temminck informs 

 us, that some of these birds have been killed in France. 



According to Azara, the length is forty-three inches; breadth 

 seventy-eight and a half. Bill seven inches and a half; tail nine. 

 Inhabits Paraguay, and to the south of the River Plata ; the Spa- 

 niards call it Cicogne ; the Guaranis, Baguari and Maguari ; and 

 others Tuyuyu-guazu : found in moist places, and there wades in the 

 water, but is often seen on dry land, either single, or at most in pairs, 

 yet in January unites in flocks of more than fifty, under 25 deg. lat. : 

 flies often to a great height, and said to perch on trees ; makes a nest 

 towards the end of the year. The young birds are dusky brown, with 

 a white belly; and when getting the adult plumage, which it does 

 by degrees, appears marbled ; the young, when brought up, become 

 very tame and familiar, flying to a distance, and returning to their 

 master at meal times. 



18— VIOLET STORK. 



Ardea leucocephala, Ind. Orn. ii. 699. Gm. Lin. i. 642. 

 Ciconia leucocephala, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 188. 

 Heron violet, Buf. vii. 370. PI. enl. 206. 

 Hunch-back Heron, Penn. Hind.'u. 158. Id. Violet, 157. 

 Violet Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 97. Id. Sup. 236. 



THIS is thirty-eight inches in length. Bill dusky brown ; tongue 

 extremely small ; irides crimson ; lower part of the neck, the body, 

 wings, and tail bluish black, glossed with violet; the rest of the 

 head and neck white ; vent and under tail coverts the same ; the legs 

 reddish brown. 



Inhabits the Coast of Coromandel, and, with a trifling variety in 

 colour, also Java ; called there Sandang-lavve. 



