556 



CRESTED PURPLE HERON. 



(Ardea purpurea.) 



Ar. occipite crista dependente pennis nifo-purpureis, corpore 



supra riifo-virescente subtus purpurascente-riifo, vertice nigro- 



virescente, guld alba. 

 Heron with the occiput having a depending crest of a rufous 



purple ; the body above red-green ; beneath purplish red j 



the crown black-green j the throat white. 

 Ardea purpurea. Linn. Syst* Nat. 1. 236. 10. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 626.— Lath, Ind, Orn» 2. 697. 72. 

 Ardea rufa. Scop. Ann. 1. 11 9. — Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1.642. — 



Lath. Ind, Orn. 2, 692. 55. 

 Ardea botaurus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 636, — Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 



698. 74. 



Ardea purpurata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, 641. young. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 69s. 75. young. 

 Ardea caspica. Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 6Q8. 73. young. — Leach, Cat, 



Brit, Mus. p. 33. 

 Ardea variegata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 6g2. 56. young. 

 Ardea cristata purpurascens. Briss. Orn. 5, 424, 14. pi, 36, f. 2, 

 Botaurus major. Briss, Orn. 5. 455. 28. 

 Ardea stellaris major. Raii. Syn. 100. 13. 

 Ardea purpurascens. Briss. Orn. 5, 420. 12. young. 

 Le Heron pourpre. Buff, Ois, 7. 36g.—Buff. PI. Enl, 788.— 



Temm, Man. d*Orni. 364, 

 Grand Buta. Buff. Ois. 7. 422. 

 Crested purple Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. gs, 65- 

 Rufous Heron. Lath, Gen. Syn, 5, 99. 72. 

 Greater Bittern. Lath, Gen, Syn. 5, 58, 18. 

 Purple Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5, 96. 66, young. 

 Variegated Heron. Lath. Syn, Sup, II. 304. 15. young. 

 African Heron. Lath, Gen, Syn. Sup. 237- 80. — Mont. Orn, Diet. 



l.—Lemn. Brit. Birds. 4. pi. 151,— Wale. Syn. 2.pl.l3\, 



