HERON. 135 



1 1 6— SCOLOPACEOUS HERON. 



Ardea scolopacea, Ind. Orn. ii. 701. Gm. Lin. i. (347. 

 Aramus, Courlan, Tern. Man. Anal. p. c. 

 Le Gourlan, ou Couvliri, Buf. vii. 442. PL enl. 848. 

 Scolopaceous Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 102. 



LENGTH two feet eight inches. Bill four inches long, reddish, 

 with the point bluish; it is rather stout at the base, and straight, 

 inclining downwards only at the tip ; on the upper mandible is a 

 long furrow for two-thirds the length of the bill, in which the 

 nostrils are placed, and seem to be a slit only ; round the eye bare 

 and pale ; the plumage in general brown, with a reddish copper 

 gloss on the quills and tail ; the feathers on the neck are each marked 

 with a white streak down the shaft; and the chin nearly white ; the 

 thighs naked far above the joint as in the Heron; legs pale blue ; 

 claws black, that of the middle toe serrated. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and is a doubtful species, and partaking both 

 of the Heron and Curlew, but most inclining to the former. M. 

 Temminck forms a Genus of this bird, under the name of Aramus, 

 or Courlan. 



***** BILL GAPING IN THE MIDDLE. 



117 — COROMANDEL HERON. 



Ardea Coromandeliana, Ind. Orn. ii. 702. Gm. Lin. i. 646. 

 Anastomus, Bec-ouvert, Tern. Man. Anal. p. ci. 

 Bec-ouvert des Indes, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. pi. in p. 2^19. 

 Coromandel Heron, Gen. Syn. v. 102. 



LENGTH two feet eight inches, of which the bill measures six 

 inches and a quarter, and the tail more than seven, and the feet 



