126 HERON. 



Inhabits China, and called Soy-ie. The description taken from 

 a collection of Chinese drawings. Found in Java, and called there 

 Bambangan. 



99.—DUSKY HERON. 



Aadea fusca, Ind. Orn. ii. 700. 



Le Heron brun, Buf. vii. 381. PI. enl. 858. 



Brown Heron, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 304. 



THIS is two feet and a half long. Bill brown ; on the head 

 a moderate, dusky crest, hanging down behind ; upper parts of the 

 neck, body, and wings, dusky brown ; beneath white, marked on 

 the breast with longish streaks of brown ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



100— DRY HERON. 



Ardea Hoactli, Ind.' Orn. ii. 700. Gm. Lin. i. 630. 



Ardea Mexicana cristata, Bris. v. 418. 11. Id. 8vo. ii. 319. 



Hoactli, Eaii, 179. 8. Will. 300. Id. Engl. 388. Buf. vii. 382— male. 



Hoacton, Will. 302. Id. Engl. 391— female. 



Dry Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 100. 



LENGTH two feet three inches. Bill five inches long, and one 

 inch thick, black, the sides yellow ; irides yellow ; eyelids red ; 

 head crested, and black ; forehead, from eye to eye, white ; lore 

 yellowish ; neck above, and body greenish black ; wing coverts 

 greenish ash-colour ; under parts of the body white ; quills and tail 

 ash-colour ; legs yellow. The female has the upper parts brown, 

 mixed with white, varied with brown ; otherwise like the male. 



