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SCOLOPACEOUS COURLAN. 



(Aramus Scolopacea.) 



Ar. cupreo-Jusca, collo pectoreque striis albis, guld nigra. 

 Coppery brown Courlan, with the neck and breast striped with, 



white ; the throat black. 

 Ardea Scolopacea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 647. — l-CLth. Ind, Orn, 



2. 701. 89. 



Le Courlan, ou Courliri. Buff". Ois. 7. 442.— Bw/". PL EnL 848, 

 Scolopaceous Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 102. 79. 



This singular species inhabits Cayenne, and is^ 

 thus commemorated by Latham : ** This is a large 

 bird, almost equalling a Heron in size : the length 

 twenty-five inches: beak reddish, with a bluish 

 point : round the eye bare of feathers, and of a 

 reddish brown colour : the plumage in general is 

 brown, glossed with a reddish copper colour ou 

 the quills and tail : most of the feathers of the 

 upper part have the edges paler than the rest of 

 the feathers, and those of the neck and breast are 

 streaked with white down the shaft: the chin. 

 white : the naked parts of the thighs and legs are 

 white : the toes are but slightly joined by a mem- 

 brane at the base, but the middle claw is pectinated 

 on the inner margin, where it rises into an edge. 



