HERON. 



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bably far spread, as we have seen it in Chinese drawings, and once 

 a specimen from India; and, according to an account brought with 

 it, said to be known to the Teleuganas by the name of Tillekenga.* 



Is found also in the southern parts of America, going north- 

 ward in spring : seen at New York from June to October, also ii> 

 Jamaica ;f and was observed by our circumnavigators both at 

 New-Zealand J and New-Holland. § 



Authors have, in general, considered this, and the last, as two 

 distinct species, but from various observations made by Mr. Wilson, 

 he asserts them to be one and the same, at different periods of age, 

 having traced them in their progress through the different stages ; 

 and that when fully grown, both sexes are not only alike, but the 

 train is equally long in both. 



46— LACTEOUS HERON. 



Ardea Galatea, Lid. Orn. ii. 696. Gm. Lin. i. 634. Molin. Chil. 207. Id. Ft. Ed. 214. 

 Le Grand Heron blanc, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 350. 

 Lacteous Heron, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 304. 



LENGTH about three feet. The bill four inches long, and 

 yellow ; round the eye bare, greenish yellow ; irides pale ; the head 

 somewhat crested ; the plumage as white as milk; the neck two feet 

 and a half in length ; legs much the same, and of a beautiful crimson. 



Inhabits Chili, and other parts of South America. M. Azara 

 met with two specimens in Paraguay. 



47.— PUTEA HERON. 



LENGTH two feet ten inches ; but to the end of the toes three 

 feet; from the end of the bill to the gape four inches; the colour 



* General Davies. f Sloane. J Dusky Bay, Cook's Voyage, i. 177. 



| General Davies received one from this place. 



