92 HERON. 



B. — Ardea Candida minor, Bris. v. 433. Id. 8vo. ii. 325. Gerin. iv. 426? 



Ardea alba tertia Aldrovandi, Rail, 99. Will. 206. 



Garzette blanche, Buf. vii. 371. Gen. Syn. v. 94. Var. A. 



The third small White Heron of Aldrovandus, Will. Engl. 280. §. vi. 



In this the bill is small, thick, and yellow ; lore and irides the 

 same; top of the head and neck nearly of a saffron-colour; breast 

 the same, but paler; rest of the plumage white ; legs saffron-colour. 



Found at Bologna, in Italy. From the colour of the legs we 

 suspect it to belong to the Snowy Species. 



53— BLACK-CRESTED WHITE HERON. 



Ardea pileata, Ind. Orn. ii. 695. G?n. Lin.u 639. 24. /3. 

 Ardea Brasiliensis Candida, Bris. v. 434? Id. Svo. ii. 323? 

 Heron blanc a calotte noire, Buf. vii. 380. PI. en/. 907. 

 Black-crested white Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 92. 60. A. 



LENGTH two feet. Bill black; plumage wholly white, except 

 a patch of black on the crown ; from the hind part of the latter a 

 pendent crest, composed of six narrow feathers, of unequal lengths; 

 the legs black. 



Inhabits the Rivers of Guiana, and is a rare species ; we have, 

 with doubt, admitted Brisson's bird : it is seven inches shorter than 

 the White Species, and eleven longer than the Little White Heron ; 

 therefore uncertain whether it may be the young of the Greater Egret, 

 or a female, for it has no crest, and the bill not saffron-coloured. Said 

 to be common in Brazil ; that it has a yellowish white body, and a 

 fine blue bill.* We much doubt this bird having relation either to 

 the Egret, or Great White Heron, for the proportions of the whole, 

 independent of the size, do not tally ; in both these there is a 

 correspondent length of legs, and bareness above the knee, but in 

 the one last described, the legs are more stout, and shorter; and the 

 parts above the joint bare only for half the length. 



* Maxim. Tr. i. p. 139. ,,, 



