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The Night-Raven, Ardea cinerea minor.' 



Numb. LXVII. 



T is fomewhat lefs than tke common He7'n and hath a fliorter- 

 Neck; its Bill is of a yellowifh green towards the Bafe; the Point: 

 and upper Side of the upper Mandible black, the Nofcrils oblong; the 

 Irides of the Eyes of an orange Colour; the green Colour from the Bill 

 encompaffes the back Part of the Eyes ending in a Point; a white Line 

 is extended from the Bill round the green; the Crown of the Head is 

 black, from the hinder part of which it hath a Creft of three white 

 Feathers, five Inches long hanging down over the Back, whereby it dif- 

 fers from all other Birds; the upper fide of the Neck is of a pale yellowifh. 

 brown 3 the Chin white, the under lide of the Neck, BreafI:, and Belly 

 whitifh with a faint Tindlure of brown ; the Wings and Tail dark Afh- 

 colour, the Edges of the Feathers of a ferrugineous red Colour ; the 

 Back of a dark green, inclining to a black ; the Legs and Feet yellow, 

 and bare about an Inch above the Knees; the outmoft Toe connedled 

 with the middle one by an intervening Membrane from the Divarication to 

 the firft Joint; the Claw of the middle Toe ferrate on the inner fide, 

 as in the common Hern, 



It hath a great Gall, a large Stomach glandulous within but not flelhy 

 or mufculous, in which was found the Shells of Beetles; in the middle 

 of the Bone, called the Merry-lhought^ is an Appendix. This Bird 

 builds in high Trees near Seve?thiiys in Holland^ and lays white Eggs. 

 I was obliged to Sir Thomas Lowther for this curious Bird, and fer 

 veral others, 





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