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HERON. 



A.— Cancrofagus rufus naevius, Btis. v. 471. Id. 8vo. ii. 335. Gen. St/n. v. 75. 

 Aldr. Av. iii. t. p. 399. 



This differs in having the neck spotted with black on the sides; 

 otherwise like the last ; the legs yellowish instead of red : probably 

 a young bird. 



78 — SQUAIOTTA HERON. 



Ardea Squaiotta, hid. Orn. ii. 686. Gm. Lin.'u G34. Tern. Man. 372. 



Cancrofagus, Bris. v. 466. Id. 8vo. ii. 333. 



Squaiotta, Rail, 99. Will. 207. t. 50. Id. Engl. 281. pi. 50. 



Le Crabier Caiot, Buf. vii. 389. 



Squaiotta Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 72. 



LENGTH eighteen inches. Bill three inches and three quarters, 

 yellow, with a black tip ; lore yellow ; on the head a tuft of about 

 thirty feathers, the middle ones white, the others black; independent 

 of these, the plumage is fine chestnut; scapulars long, narrow, and 

 white at the base ; legs green. 



Inhabits Italy, about Bologna, where it is called Squaiotta. 



79— CASTANEOUS HERON. 



Ardea castanea, Ind. Orn. ii. 687. Gm. Lin. i. 633. Dec. russ. i. 164. N. C. Petr. 



xv. 454. 9. t. 15. Gmelin. Id. reise, iii. 253. Gerin. iv. t. 419? 420 ? 

 Ardea ralloides, Scop. i. No. 121. Tern. Man. 370. Id. Ed. ii. 582. 

 Der Rallen reiher, Bechst. Deuts. iii. s. 45. Id. 2d. Ed. iv. 47. 

 Castaneous Heron, Gen. Syn. v. p. 75. 



LENGTH twenty-two inches. Bill nearly three inches long, 

 black, with a livid base; lore green; irides saffron-colour; crest 

 Ions', reaching; to the middle of the neck ;• throat white ; sides of 

 the head yellowish ; neck the same, inclining to chestnut ; back 



