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70— PHILIPPINE HERON. 



Ardea Philippensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 686. Gm. Lin. i. 644. 

 Cancrofagus Philippensis, Bris. v. 474. t. 37. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 336. 

 Crabier des Philippines, PL enl. 898. Bvf. vii. 395. 

 Philippine Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 72. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill greenish yellow ; lore green ; 

 top of the head and upper part of the neck rufous brown, inclining 

 most to brown on the head ; back crossed with rufous and brown 

 lines ; wings black, the feathers edged with rufous white ; quills 

 and tail black ; fore part of the neck dirty rufous white ; belly, 

 thighs, and vent, white ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits the Philippine Isles. 



71.— ZIGZAG BITTERN. 



Ardea undulata, Ind. Orn. ii. 681. Gm. Lin. i. 637. 

 Le petit Butor de Cayenne, Bvf. vii. 530. PL enl. 763. 

 Zigzag Bittern, Gen. Syn. v. 61. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill brown, under mandible pale; 

 lore bluish;* the plumage yellowish, or rufous grey, crossed with 

 narrow streaks of black brown ; these are pretty regular on the back, 

 but elsewhere undulated, and in a zigzag manner ; the top of the 

 head black, and the neck feathers so full, as to make it appear 

 almost as big as the body ; fore part of the neck palest, the brown 

 markings less in number ; the belly and thighs have only a few 

 irregular zigzags ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and is a most beautiful bird. M. Temminck 

 is of opinion, that this is a young one of the Philippine Species. 



* In the PL enlum. red. 



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