HERON. HI 



76— COROMANDEL HERON. 



Crabier de Coromandel, Buf. vii. 393. PL ml. 910. 

 Sguacco Heron, Gen.Syn.v. p. 75. 39. A. 



LENGTH twenty-one inches. Bill yellow; between that and 

 the eye bare and grey; the head not crested ; plumage in general 

 white, with a rufous tinge on the back and wing coverts : hind part 

 of the neck inclining to rufous; the long feathers, which hang over 

 the breast, the same ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits India, and frequently seen in drawings from thence. 

 The male is said to be crested : in one drawing the name given to it 

 was Lurkea. In Gen. Harwicke's fine collection it is called Boghee 

 Soorkeea, or Gow-Boghla ; in these the bill is yellow, two inches 

 and a half long, and a trifle inclining downwards towards the point. 

 We can esteem this no otherwise than belonging to the Sguacco, 

 either a female, or incomplete in plumage. 



77— RED-LEGGED HERON. 



Ardea Erythropus, Ind. Orn. ii. 686. Gm. Lin. i. 624. 



Cancrofagus rufus, Bris. v. 469. Id. 8vo. ii. 334. 



Ardea haematopus, seu Cirris, Raii, 99. 7. Will. 106. t. 50. 



Le Crabier marron, Buf. vii. 390. 



Red-legged Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 73. Will. Engl. 281. pi. 50. f. 1, 



SIZE of the Green Heron ; neck short. Bill blue green, with 

 a black tip ; irides yellow, incireled with red ; head crested, yellow 

 and black, the feathers very long, and from the forehead hang 

 down all over the upper part of the head and neck; throat, neck, 

 and whole body, saffron-colour, inclining to chestnut, palest above ; 

 tail very short; legs deep red, like those of a Pigeon ; claws black; 

 toes very long, and slightly joined, with a small membrane, at the 

 base. — Inhabits Italy, chiefly about Bologna. 



