68 HERON. 



29— FERRUGINOUS HERON. 



Ardea ferruginea, Ind. Orn. ii. 688. Gm. Lin. i. C34. 2V. C. Petr. xv. 457. t. 16. 



Gmel. reise, iii. 253. 

 Ferruginous Heron, Gen, Syn. v. 76. 



LENGTH twenty-one inches and a half. Bill greenish flesh- 

 colour, with the end brownish ; the upper mandible somewhat bent 

 at the tip; lore and over the eyes green; irides saffron-colour; 

 feathers of the head, neck, and back, longish, black, and tipped with 

 ferruginous; those of the crown somewhat elongated; chin yellowish 

 white ; wing coverts black brown, the outer ones tipped with ferru- 

 ginous ; those nearest the body varied with rufous white ; quills 

 black; rump, breast, and belly, variegated with ferruginous, whitish, 

 cinereous, and brown ; thighs with rufous and cinereous white ; the 

 wings, when closed, reach a trifle beyond the tail ; legs green. 



This species is found in the summer about the River Don, sup- 

 posed to come from the Black Sea, and departs in autumn : feeds on 

 fish and insects ; frequently found with Castaneous species. 



30.— LITTLE BITTERN. 



MALE. 



Ardea niinuta, Ind. Orn. ii. 683. Lin. i. 240. 26. (3. Gm. Lin. i. 646. Kramer, 348. 



10. Frisch, t. 206. 207. Sepp, t. p. 57. f. 1. 2. Borowsh. iii. 77. 6. Amer. 



Orn. viii. pi. 65. f. 4 ? Tern. Man. d'Orn. 372. Id. Ed. ii. p. 584. 

 Ardeola, Bris. v. 497. t. 40, f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 341. 

 Le Heron rouge et noir, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 360. 

 Le Blongios, Buf. vii. 795. PI. enl. 323. 

 Der Kleine Rohrdommel, Bechst. Dent. iii. s. 39. Id. iv. 71. 

 Bo-onk, Long Neck, Shaw's Trav. pi. p. 255. Russ. Alepp. 71. pi. 10. Edw. pi. 



275. Gent. Mag. xix. pi. p. 427. Leivin, iv. pi. 147. 

 Little Bittern, Gen. Syn. v. 65. Id. Sup. 235. Br. Zool. App. 663. pi. 8. Id. Ed. 



1812. ii. p. 18. pi. 4. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 359. Bewick, ii. pi. p. 51. Walcot, 



Birds, ii. pi. 128. Donov. pi. 54. Pult. Dors. p. 14. Orn. Diet, fy Supp. 



