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AG A MI HERON. 



black spots : the thighs are reddish brown : the 

 belly and vent are white: the legs dusky: the 

 hinder claw very long. Native of several parts 

 of North America, from New York to Hudson's 

 Bay. 



AG AMI HERON. 

 (Ardea Agami.) 



Ar. cristaia ccErulea, orhitis gtddque albis, collo supremo corpore 



subtus Jemoribusque rttfis. 

 Crested blue Heron, with the orbits and throat white; the 



upper part of the neck, the body beneath, and the thighs, 



rufous. 



Ardea Agami. Gmel. Syst, Nat, 1. 629. — Lath, Ind, 0rn,2. 

 699.79- 



Le Heron Agami. Buf. Ois. 7. 382,-— Buf. PI, Enl. 859. 

 Agami Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. g7» 70. 



This highly elegant bird is unquestionably the 

 most beautiful of the genus : it is rather more 

 than two feet and a half in length : its beak is 

 about six inches long, and dusky, with the base 

 of the under mandible pale : the crown, the crest, 

 and the hind part of the neck, are bluish grey : 

 the chin is white : the upper parts of the body, the 

 wings, and the tail, are fine glossy green : the quills 

 are black : the sides of the neck, as far as the 

 middle, bright rufous, with an elegant white and 



