MHOS'. GRAL&JB. 31. Ardca. 53 



thorp, warty : crown, forepart of the neck and quills 

 black : from the pinion of the wings a tuft of loos£ 

 lacerated curled feathers. 



Crane. Br. Zocl. app. t. 6. Lewin. t. 144. Walcot t. 124. 



length 5 feet or more : weight about .10 pounds. 

 Bill 4 inches long, olive-green : front covered with black down or 

 bristles : back of the head bald, red, beneath this a grey fpot ; sides 

 of the head and bark of the neck wbitish : tail grey, tipt with 

 black, nearly covered with the loofe feathers from the 'pinions of 

 the wings : legs black. 



1 53. A. L'kuuia. White, with bald blackish orbits: quill- 

 feathers and greater coverts black : bill, legs, and 

 skin red. 



White Stork. Lewin t. 145. Albin t. 6.4. Walcot t. 125. 



length 3 feet 3 inches : size of the Turkey. 

 Bill 7 inches and a half long : some of the J 'capillars black. 



151. A. Ni)Lli:orax. Hind-head with a crest of 3 white 

 feathers dusky at the ends: crown and back greenish- 

 black : win^s and tail pale ash-colour. Fern, head 

 without crest, brown: back brown: over the eye a 

 whitish streak: primary quill-feathers with a white 

 spot at the lip. 



Night Heron. Lewin t. 146. Albin t. 49. Walcot t. 126. 



Length 20 inches. Bill 3 inches 3 quarters long, black with a 

 yellowish bafe : iris orange : lores and orbits yellow-green : front 

 with a white band : neck and under parts whitish : legs yellowish- 

 green : middle-claw, ferrate on the inner edge. Female, with yel- 

 lowish streaks on the fore-part of the neck : wings grey-brown, 

 with yellowish-white streaks; some of the coverts and quill-fea- 

 thers tipt with white. 



155. A. stellaris. Hind-head hardly crested : above pale 

 yellow brick-colour with transverse black spots, be- 

 neath paler with oblong ones. 



Bittern. Lewin t. 147. Albin 1. t. 68, Walcot. t. 127. 



. Length 2 feet and a half: weight 22 ounces. 

 Bill 4 inches long, horn-colour inclining to green at the bafe : iris 

 yellow .- crown and fpot at the corners of the mouth black : feathers. 

 on the hind-head, neck and breast, long and loofe : legs pale green ; 

 inner-edge of the middle-claw ferrate. 



156. A. minuta. Head without crest : crown, back, quills 

 and tail greenish-black : neck, breast, and wing- 

 coverts buff-colour. Fern, above brown, the feathers 

 with pale rufous margins ; beneath paler : crown, 

 back, quills and tail black. 



Little Bittern. Br. Z00L app. t. 8. Leivin t. 148. Donovan t. 54. 



Length from the tip o\ the bill to the end of the toe 30 inches. 

 Bill 2 inches and a half long, greenish-yellow : belly and vent white 1 

 hind part of the neck bare : shoulders with a large bay fpot: larger 

 uing-coverts whitish, lesser yellow-buff: thighs feathered to the 

 knees ; legs dusky-green : middle claw ferrate on the inner side. 



Female, front furrounded by a bay line. 



157. A. comata. Ik Head without crest: body white ; 

 upper-part of the head, hind-part of the neck, breast s 

 and back inclining to rufous. 



Squacco Heron. Linn. Trans, iii. p. 335. PI. enl. 910. 

 Length 21 inches. Bill yellow, between which and the eyes bare. 



