ARDEIDyE. 



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Helias, Vieillot. 

 Sp. 1. Eu. Helias. 



Eu. corpore nigro fulvo alboque fasciato; ahdomlne sirigisque 

 capitis albis; collo nifo lineis transversis 7iigris; caudd nebu- 

 losd fascia nigra. 



Eurypyga with the body banded with black fulvous and white; 

 the abdomen and stripes on the head white ; the neck rufous 

 with transverse black lines ; the tail clouded, with a black bar. 



Ardea Helias. Gmel. Sijst. Nat. v. i, p. 640.— Scolopax Helias. 

 Lath. Ind. Orn. v. ii. p, 725.— he Caurale, ou petit Paon des 

 Roses. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. viii. p. 169. U.-^Buff\ 

 PL Enl. 782. 



Caurale Snipe. Lath. Gen. Syn. v. v. p. 156. 



Inhabits Guiana. Length fifteen inches: a 

 beautiful bird : the beak is near two inches long, of 

 a yellowish-green, and bends a little downwards : 

 the head and sides below the eyes are black : over 

 the eye is a streak of white ; and the beak is bounded 

 beneath by white, passing from the chin and throat 

 to the hind head ; in the middle of this white, on 

 each side, in the direction of the jaw, is a black 

 slender line : the neck and breast are rufous, striated 

 transversely with slender black lines: back the same, 

 but more grey, crossed with broad bars of black : 

 scapulars grey, banded with white : the wings are 

 cream-coloured, mottled with black near the shoulder, 

 and beautifully banded with rufous-red in the middle, 

 and at some distance from the end of the quills ; in 

 both places accompanied with black : the tail is grey, 

 mottled, and striated across with black interrupted 

 bands; and near the end crossed with a broad bar 

 of black, bounded above with rufous-red : the belly, 

 I thighs, and vent, are white : legs yellow, and rather 



