560 



CINNAMON HERON. 



Le Heron brun. Buff. Ois. 7. SSI.-— Buff. PL Enl. 858. 

 Brown Heron. Lailu Syn. Sup, II. 304. 17. 



This bird inhabits Cayenne : it is two feet six 

 or seven inches in length : the beak is brown : the 

 head is ornamented with a slight crest, of a dusky 

 colour, and falling down over the back of the 

 neck : the upper part of the latter, the body, and 

 wings, are dusky brown : the under parts are 

 white, the breast being spotted with elongated 

 brown streaks : the legs are yellow. 



CINNAMON HERON. 

 (Ardea cinnamomea. ) 



Ar, castaneO'cinnamomea, collo antice Jusco striato, guld macula 



maxillari crissoque albis, 

 Cinnamomeous chesnut, with the fore-part of the neck striped 



with fuscous 5 the throat, maxillary spot, and vent, white. 

 Ardea cinnamomea. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 643. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 



2. 689. 46. 



Cinnamon Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn, 5. 77. 43. — Lath. Syiu 

 Sup, 235. 



About sixteen inches in length: the beak two 

 inches and a half long, and yellow : the prevailing 

 colour of the plumage cinnamon-colour, inclining 

 to chesnut : the lower parts of the body palest : 

 on each side of the throat, beneath the jaw, a 



