HERON. 79 



39— STRIATED HERON. 



Ardea striata, Ind. Orn. ii. 691. Lin. i. 638. Gm. Lin. i. 634. Decouv. Rtiss. ii. 140. 

 Heron of Guiana, Bancr. Guian. 171. 

 Striated Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 82. 



SIZE of the Common Heron. Bill straight, compressed, fur- 

 rowed on the sides ; head slightly crested ; crown black ; hind part 

 of the neck and back hoary ; fore part of the neck ferruginous ; 

 wings brown ; secondaries black at the points. — Described from Dr. 

 Bancroft; who adds, that it inhabits Guiana and Surinam. Linnaeus 

 observes, that the back in his bird is hoary, and. striated ; and the 

 secondaries white on the margins, at the tip. It seems to be the 

 same bird mentioned in the Decouv. Russ. ; said to be found at 

 Astrachan, in March. 



40 — LOHAUJUNG HERON. 



Ardea Indica, Ind. Orn. ii. 701. 



Lohaujung Heron, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 238. Penn. Hindoost. ii. 157. 



LENGTH three feet. Bill nine inches long, black, straight, 

 pointed, lower mandible somewhat convex ; nostrils in a slit near 

 the base, where it is a little indented at top ; fore part of the head, 

 as far as the throat, and the sides, of a rich green ; crown of the 

 head and neck deep brown, with a few great green spots; upper 

 part of the back brown, the lower like the neck ; wing coverts 

 white ; second quills fine deep green ; breast, belly, and prime quills, 

 white ; tail black ; legs long, scaly, reddish ; toes webbed at the 

 base ; claws short. 



Inhabits India, where it is common, and called Lohaujung. — 

 Among the drawings of Lady Impey is another, which differs in 

 having the beginning of the back mottled black and white, and the 



