HERON. -95 



57— REDDISH EGRET. 



Ardea rufescens, Ind.iOm. ii. 694. Gm. Lin. i. 628. ; 



L' Aigrette rousse, Bvf. vii. 378. PL enl. 902. 



Reddish Egret, Gen. Syn. v. 88. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 348. 



LENGTH two feet. Bill yellowish, with a dusky point ; lore, 

 and round the eye green ; the head and neck are covered with long, 

 loose feathers, of a rusty rufous colour; the long feathers of the back 

 the same; the rest of the body blackish grey ; legs black. 



Inhabits Louisiana. 



58— DEMI-EGRET. 



Ardea leucogaster, lnd. Orn. ii. 694. Gm. Lin. i. 628. 



Ardea Ludoviciana, Louisiane Heron, Amer. Orn. viii. pi. 64. f. 1 ? 



La demi-aigrette, Buf. vii. 378. 



Heron bleuatre & ventre blanc, PL enl. 350. 



Demi-Egret, Gen. Syn. v. p. 88. 



LENGTH scarcely two feet. Bill and lore dusky yellow; the 

 head and neck, as far as the breast, and the upper parts, wings, and 

 tail, deep blue black; the under parts of the body, under wing 

 coverts, and thighs, white; legs yellowish ; from thehindhead spring 

 two long feathers, of the same colour as the head ; tail very short, 

 blackish ; from the lower part of the back are a few long, narrow 

 rufous feathers, which fall over the tail, and obscure it. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



A. — A Variety of this, in a collection of South American birds, 

 was full two feet in length. Bill yellow, tip black; crest long, and 

 white ; head and neck inclining to violet; chin and throat mottled 

 with rufous white ; the long feathers of the rump grey; legs brown ; 

 in other things it answered to the former description. 



