HERON. 87 



49— SPECIOUS EGRET. 



Ardeaaffinis, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 189. — Horsfield. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill yellow; general colour of the plumage 

 white ; the head, crest, fore part of the neck, and feathers of the 

 back fulvous chestnut ; the crest is setaceous, and the elongated 

 feathers of the back filiform ; legs dusky black. 



Inhabits Java, and called Kuntul-chilik. 



50— LITTLE EGRET. 



Ardea Garzetta, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 694. Lin. i. 937. Gm. Lin. i. 628. Kram. 346. 3. 



Faun. Arag. p. 76. Faun. Helvet. It.Poseg.1b. Gerin. iv. t. 423. Nat urf. xiii. 



s. 208. Tern. Man. 368. Id. Ed. 575. 

 Egretta, Bris. v. 431. 7rf.8vo.ii. 322. 

 . Garzetta, Rail, 99. 5. Will. 206. Id. Engl. 280. 

 Petit Heron blanc a Manteau, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 349. 

 L'Aigrette, Bvf. vii. 372. pi. 20. PL enl. 901. Descr. Surin. ii. 251. 

 Der Kleine Silber reiher, Bechst. Deutsch. iii, s. 43. 

 Criel Heron. Harris's Coll. Voy. ii. p. [468.] 

 Little Egret, Gen. Syn. v. p. 90. Br. Zool. A pp. pi. 7. Id. Ed. 1812. ii. p. 21. pi. 6. 



Arct.Zool. ii. No. 347. Bewick, ii. t. p. 45. Lewin, iv. pi. 149. Donov. iv. t. 98. 



Walcot, ii. t. 130. Orn. Diet. Graves's Brit. Orn. 



SIZE of a Fowl ; length near one foot; the weight one pound. 

 Bill black; irides pale yellow; hindhead crested, two of the feathers 

 five inches long, and very narrow, hanging down behind in an elegant 

 manner; lore, and round the eye, bare and green ; the whole plumage 

 pure white; on the back a set of loose-webbed feathers, which cover, 

 and hang over the rump ; legs greenish black, claws black. 



