HERON. 125 



in general black, with a gloss of polished steel, mixed with a little 

 brown on the head, brown and yellowish on the back, and some 

 ash-colour on the wing coverts ; under parts of the body white, 

 variegated with cinereous and pale yellow ; tail the same, but not 

 marked with white ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits Brazil. Is a stately species, walking erect, and is called 

 by the natives Cocoi. 



97— COCOI HERON. 



Ardea Cocoi, Ind. Orn. ii. 699. Lin. i. 237. Gm. Lin. i. 629. Raii, 100. Will. 



209. t. 51. Id. Engl. 284. § xvi. pi. 51. 

 Ardea Cayanensis cristata, Bris. v. 400. Id. 8vo. ii. 314. 

 Le Soco, Buf. vii. 379. 

 Blue Heron, Albin, iii. pi. 79 ? 

 Cocoi Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 98. 



THIS is a large species ; length above three feet. Bill greenish 

 yellow; irides gold-colour; top of the head cinereous, the sides 

 of the upper part black ; the feathers of the nape cinereous, very 

 long, and narrow, forming a handsome crest, and are of different 

 sizes, the two longest measuring five inches and a half ; lore cine- 

 reous ; cheeks, throat, and neck, white ; the feathers on the fore part 

 very long, and hang over the breast ; the rest of the bird fine pale 

 ash-colour; on the back the feathers are long, narrow, and hang 

 down behind, as in many of the Genus; legs ash-colour. 



Inhabits Brazil and Cayenne, is very fat in the rainy season, at 

 which time the flesh is thought to be well relished. 



98— CHINESE HERON. 



Ardea Sinensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 700. Gm. Lin. i. 642. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 189. 

 Chinese Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 99. 



SIZE small. Bill long, pale yellow ; upper part of the plumage 

 brown, dashed with paler brown ; under parts the same, but more 

 dilute; quills and tail black; legs green. 



