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83.— CINNAMON HERON. 



Ardea cinnamomea, Ind. Orn. ii. 689. Gm. Lin. i. 643. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 191. 320. 

 Cinnamon Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 77. Id. Sup. 235. Pen. Hind. ii. 158. 



LENGTH sixteen or eighteen inches. Bill two inches and a 

 half long, yellow; general colour of the plumage cinnamon-colour, 

 inclining to chestnut, much paler beneath ; chin and vent almost white, 

 streaked down the middle of the neck before with brown ; on each 

 side of the throat, under the jaw, a small patch of white ; the tail 

 bright ferruginous chestnut, deeper than the back ; legs yellow ; the 

 wings reach to the end of the tail. 



Inhabits India and China ; also Java, there called Ayam-ayaman ; 

 common at Calcutta, there called Lol Bug, and Khyree Bok at 

 Bengal ; the last name signifies, that it is a Bok of the colour of 

 Terra japonica; is frequently seen with the head crouched between 

 the wings. 



One supposed to be the same, in Gen. Hardwicke's drawings, is 

 somewhat smaller. Bill yellowish green, above brown; lore and 

 irides yellow ; head feathers longish at the nape; plumage cinnamon 

 colour, or deep ferruginous; chin under the bill white; the rest of 

 the under parts buff, streaked as far as the breast with dusky ; belly, 

 vent, and thighs, plain ; legs pale green,, claws brown. 



Inhabits India : name Loll-Boglee. Met with at Cawnpore, in 

 October ; another bird, similar in size, and probably the female, has 

 the head, and upper parts ferruginous brown, the feathers of the 

 back margined with yellow buff; wing coverts the same, with other 

 irregular markings ; quills plain ferruginous brown ; chin and throat 

 white, the rest of the under parts yellow buff, with long streaks of 

 brown ; legs pale green. 



Inhabits India. Met with at Futtehguhr, in October. Found 

 also in Java and Sumatra ; at the latter called Burong Kaladi. 



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