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ARDEA DUBOISI NOM. NOV. 



Butors ou Grands Gauziers Dubois, Les Voyages faits par le Sieur D.B. (1674) p. 169. 



'ABBE DUBOIS is the only author who has, as far as I can ascertain, 

 told us that the Island of Reunion also had a large almost flightless 

 Heron as well as Mauritius and Rodriguez ; and so feeling sure that it, 

 like most other birds of this island, was distinct I name it after him. 



The translation of his original description is as follows : — " Bitterns or 

 Great Egrets, large as capons, but very fat and good. They have grey plumage, 

 each feather spotted with white, the neck and beak like a Heron, and the feet 

 green, made like the feet of Poullets d'Inde (Porfihyrio, w.r.). This bird 

 lives on fish." 



Habitat : Reunion or Bourbon. 



