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112.— BLACK HERON. 



Ardea atra, Ind. Orn. ii. C97. Gm. Lin.\. 641. Bechst. Deuts. iii. s. 24. 7. 

 Ardea nigra, Bris.v. 439. 7d.8vo.ii. 325. Klein, 123. 3, 

 Le Heron noir, Buf. vii. 368. 

 Black Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 94. 



SIZE of the Common Heron. Bill black; general colour of 

 the plumage the same, glossed with blue on the wings; lore black; 

 legs the same ; the middle and outer toe connected at the base by a 

 membrane ; second and prime quills nearly of equal lengths. 



Inhabits Silesia. 



113.— NEW-GUINEA HERON. 



Ardea novse Guinea, Ind. Orn. ii. 685. Gm. Lin. i. 644. 

 Crabier noir de lanouvelle Guinee, PL enl. 926. Buf. ii. 394. 

 New-Guinea Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 71. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill brown ; lore greenish : irides yellow ; 

 general colour of, the plumage black ; legs dusky. 



In the PI. enlum. the neck seems slender, and of a great length. 

 Inhabits New-Guinea. 



114.— CRACRA HERON. 



Ardea Cracra, Ind. Orn. ii. 699. Gm. Lin. i. 642. 

 Cancrofagus Americanus, Buf. v. 477. Id. 8vo. ii. 336. 

 Cracra Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 96. Buf. vii. 403. 



SIZE of a large Fowl. Bill black, beneath yellowish brown ; 

 irides golden yellow ; round the eye bare, and pale yellow ; crown 

 of the head bluish ash-colour; nape and hind part of the neck 



