5A3 



€OMMON HERON. 

 (Ardea cinerea.) 



Ar. occipite crista nigra dependente, corpore cinereo, collo subiiis 



linea Jasciaque pectorali nigris. 

 Heron with a depending black crest on the occiput 3 the body 



cinereous ; the neck beneath, and breast, with a black fascia„ 

 Ardea cinerea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 69 1. 54. — Leach, Cat. Mus. 



Brit, p. 33. 



Ardea major. Linn, Syst, Nat. 1. 236. 12. — Gmel, Syst.Nat. 1, 



627. — Raii, Syn.p. 98. a. 1. 

 Ardea cinerea. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1. 236. 1 1 . young.— Lfww. Faun, 



Suec. 165. young. — Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1,627, 12. 6. young. — 



Briss. Orn, 5. 392. 1. young. 

 Ardea cristata. Briss, Orn. 5. 396.2. pi, 35. 

 Le Heron huppe. Buf, Ois, 7. 342.— Buff, PL Enl, 755. 

 Le Heron. Buff. Ois. 7. 342.pl, 19. young.— Bm/*. PI. Enl 75J, 



young. 



Heron cendre. Temm, Man. d'Orni, 362. 



Crested Heron. Alb, Birds. 1 . pi. 67. — Loijo. Faun. Oread, p, 77. 



Common Heron. Penn, Brit, Zool. 173. pi, 61. — Penn, Arct. 

 Zool, 2. 343. — Lath. Gen, Syn. 5. 83. 50. — Lath, Syn. Sup. 

 11. 303. 14. — Alb, Birds, 3. pi. 78. — Lexjoin. Brit, Birds, 5. 

 pi. 118. — Wale, Syn. 2, pi, 129. — Pult. Cat. Dors, p. 14. — 

 Beuo. Brit. Birds. 2. 37. — Bon. Brit. Birds, A. pi, 73. — Mont, 

 Orn, Diet. 1. — Mont, Orn, Diet. Sup, — Bing, Anim. Biog. 2, 

 291. — Loxv. Faun. Oread, p. 78. 



This bird, when arrived at maturity, considerably 

 exceeds three feet in length : it has the forehead, 

 the neck, the middle of the belly, the edge of the 

 wing, and the thighs, of a pure white : the occiput, 

 the sides of the breast, and those of the body, of a 



