ARDEID^. 



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tip ; the throat and pectoral lines white ; the breast varied with 

 ferruginous ; the abdomen red. 

 Ardea fasciata. Zool. Journ. {Such.) v.ii.p. 117. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length two feet four inches 

 and a half : the wings dusky-brown, margined at the 

 tip by a narrow white band : the lower coverts white, 

 variegated with brown : the tail-feathers above black, 

 beneath brown ; the two middle ones spotted with 

 white at the tip, the rest margined at the tip by a 

 narrow white band : the sides of the abdomen, the 

 rump, and vent ashy-brown, the last variegated- with 

 white : the beak black : the legs yellowish. 



GENUS CCCXXVIII.— NYCTICORAX mihi. 

 NIGHTHERON. 



Generic character : vide Sieph, v. x'l. p. 608. 



Ny. Jamaicensis. >S^e^^. v. xi. ^. 614.— Ny. Cayanensis. Steph. 

 V. x\. p. 612 ; young. 



GENUS CCCXXIX.— CANCROMA, Linne. BOATBILL. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xi. p, 638. 



GENUS CCCXXX.—PHCENICOPTERUS, Linne. 

 FLAMINGO. 



Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. \.p. 185. 



Ph. ruber. Steph. v. xii. I. p. 186. pi. 24. — Ph. parvus. Steph. 

 V. xii. p. 189 ; young? 



GENUS CCCXXXL— PLATALEA, Linne. SPOONBILL. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xi. p. 644. 



GENUS CCCXXXIL—CICONIA, Ray. STORK. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi. p. 616. 



