82 HERON. 



43. -RUFOUS HERON. 



Ardea rufa, Ind. Orn. ii. 692. Gm. Lin. i. G42. Scop. i. No. 119. Kramer, 347. C. 

 Der braun rother Reiher, Beclist. Dents, ii. 22. 5. 

 Rufous Heron, Gen. Syyi. v. 99. 



SIZE of the Common Heron. Bill seven inches long; from the 

 eye to the nape on each side a black streak ; head, neck, belly, 

 quills, and tail, black ; breast rufous ; temples and thighs ferru- 

 ginous ; lower part of the neck whitish-, with longitudinal brown 

 spots; upper part of the neck, back, and wings, cinereous brown ; 

 legs brown. 



Inhabits Austria, among others in the marshes, and according to 

 M. Bechstein is a young Purple Heron ; but M. Scopoli supposes it 

 to belong rather to the Great Heron, which seems more probable. 



44.— GREAT EGRET. 



Ardea Egretta, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 694. Gm. Lin. i. 629. Tern. Man. d'Orn. p. 367. 



Id. Ed. ii. 572. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 188. 

 Guiratinga, Rait, 101. 17. & 189. 1. Will. 210. Id. Engl. 285. 

 Le grand Heron blanc a Manteau, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 348. 

 La grande Egrette, Buf. vii. 377. PL enl. 925. Robert, Ic. pi. 16 ? 

 Der grosse Silber reiher, Beclist. Deuts. iii. s. 41. tab. 4. 

 Great White Heron, Amer. Orn. vii. 106. pi. 61. f. 4. 

 Great Egret, Gen. Syn. v. 89. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 346. Bougainv. Voy. p. 67. 



THIS is double the size of the Common Egret, and is three feet 

 and a quarter in length ; extent of wing five feet. The bill is more 

 than six inches long, dirty yellow, with a dusky tip ; lore green ; 

 irides pale yellow ; the whole plumage white; from the back spring 

 numerous feathers, which are very long, narrow, silky, with uncon- 

 nected webs, hanging over the wings and tail, concealing the latter; 

 the feathers of the breast are also long, and hang pendent ; the legs 



