ARDEA GARZETTA 



EGRET. 



Generic Character. See Ardea major. 

 Synonyms. 



Ardea Garzetta. Lin. Syji. 1. p. 237. 13. Ind. 



Orn. 2. p. 694. 64. 

 Little Egret. Br. Zool. Appx. tab. 7. Lath. Syn. 



5. p. 90. 59. Mont. Orn. T>i6i. Vol. 



1. Bewick's Br. Birds, Ft. 2. ^. 55. 



JL H E weight of this fpecies is faid to be about one pound ; 

 its length rather exceeds fixteen, and from the crown of the 

 head to the toes it meafures nearly twenty-two inches ^ bill 

 fharp ; irides yellow ; lore dull green ; feathers on the hind 

 part of the head and neck long and flowing, forming a creft ; 

 thofe on the breaft and moulders are of a loofe texture, the 

 latter extend beyond the tail ; legs and claws flrong in propor- 

 tion to the fize of the bird, the centre claw is finely ferrated 

 on the inner edge. 



As this bird mull be confidered as loft to this country, we 

 can only give the defcription of it ; with its hiftory we have no 

 acquaintance ; it is faid to build in trees in the manner of the 

 common heron, and to. live on the fame kinds of food. 



The Egret is not uncommon in many parts of the European 

 continent, it is alfo met with in the iflands of Sicily, from 



whence 



