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bluish ; immature plumage entirely white or slaty gray ; legs, 

 greenish ; soles of the feet, yellow. 



Length 29; wing 14; tail 4; tarsus 5.30; bill 3.90. 



There is a great difference in the plumage of young and old 

 birds : some adults are white, while some young birds are colored ; 

 but these are exceptions. 



This species is probably resident in San Domingo. Several 

 specimens were taken. 



ARDEA CANDIDISSIMA. Gm. 

 Ardea nivea. Jacq., Bertr., 18 (1784). 



Ardea candidissima. Gm., Syst. Nat., II. p. 633 (1788). — Bryant, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XI. p. 96 (1866). — Cory, Bds. 

 Bahama I., p. 167 (1880). 



Garzetta candidissima. Bonap., Consp., II. 119 (1855). — Bd., Bwr. 

 and Ridgw., N. Am. W. Bds., p. 28 (1884). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Adult, pure white ; a long occipital crest of 

 feathers, and also dorsal plumes; bill, black, yellow at the base; 

 legs, black, yellow behind ; toes, yellow ; iris, yellow. 



Length 22; wing 11; tarsus 3.50; bill 3. 



Dr. Bryant includes this species in his list of the birds of 

 San Domingo. It is probably a rare straggler. 



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