96 HERON. 



It is said, in the American Ornithology, to frequent the swampy 

 shores of the Mississippi, particularly below New Orleans, where it 

 builds on trees, among the inundated woods, and is migratory ; has 

 the manners of the Blue Heron, quick in its motions, darting on its 

 prey with surprising agility ; feeds on small fish, frogs, lizards, tad- 

 poles, and various aquatic insects. 



59— RUSTY-CROWNED HERON. 



Ardea rubiginosa, Ind. Orn. ii. 693. Gm. Lin. i. 632. 

 Rusty-crowned Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 87. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 358. 



SIZE of the Bittern. Head smooth, slightly crested ; bill seven 

 inches long, slender, yellow ; irides the same ; forehead dusky ; 

 throat white ; crest and back part of the neck deep ferruginous ; on 

 the fore part four streaks of black ; feathers of the breast long, and 

 loose ; a dark line passes from the breast upwards to the back of the 

 neck ; back and wing coverts deep ferruginous, marked with a few 

 black spots; quills dusky; tail short, lead-coloured; belly and 

 breast dirty white, striped with black ; legs dirty yellow. 



Inhabits North America. 



60 —STREAKED HERON. 



Ardea virgata, Ind. Orn. ii. 693. Gm. Lin. i. 643. 

 Streaked Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 87. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 354. 



LENGTH seventeen inches. Bill two inches ; crown dusky ; 

 cheeks and hind part of the neck rusty and black; chin, throat, and 

 neck before, white ; the last streaked with black ; wing coverts 

 streaked black and pale buff-colour ; outer edge of the wing white ; 

 quills dusky ; legs greenish. 



Another of these, supposed to differ in sex, had a white line on 

 each jaw ; scapulars and greater wing coverts dusky, spotted with 

 white at the ends. — Inhabits North America. 



