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 The Blew Heron, 



Numb. LXXIX. 



THIS Bird was of the bignefs of the common Heron, 

 its Weight four Pound; its length from the tip of 

 the Bill to the end of the Feet three Foot ten Inches. Its 

 Bill was five Inches and a half long, of a fine yellow Co- 

 lour, the upper Mandible a little hooked at the Point. 



The top of the Head and Creft of a blewifh Lead Colour, 

 from the Bill and under the Eyes to the back part of the 

 Head white. 



The Neck, Back, Breaft, Belly and Thighs are blew- 

 ifh ; the Scapular and covert Feathers of the Wings of a 

 paler blew 5 the Quill-Feathers are black, their exterior 

 Edges blew: The Legs and Feet are of a duiky yellow, 

 the Toes long, the outermoft Foretoes joyned to the mid- 

 dlemoft by a Membrane j the Edge of the middle Claw 

 is cerate. 



This Bird I faw at a Gentleman's at Ponder^ s Endy who 

 looked on it as a curious Bird not common. 



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