BLACK HERON» 



graceful manner : these, with the belly and thighs^ 

 are of a rufous cinnamon-colour : back covered 

 with long slender feathers, which fall over the 

 tail, and conceal about half its length : legs yellow- 

 brown. Inhabits New Holland.'* 



BLACK HERON, 

 (Ardea atra.) 



Ar. nigricans, iectricibus alarum cinereo-ccsrulescentidus, rectri- 

 cihus nigricantibuSj rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Dusky Heron, with the wing-coverts of a grey-blue j the tail- 

 feathers dusky J the beak and feet black. 



Ardea atra. G7nel. Syst. Nat. 1. 641. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 

 607.71. 



Ardea nigra. Briss, Orn, 5. 439. 21. 

 Le Heron noir. Bujl Ois. 7. 368. 

 Black Heron. Lath, Gen, Syn, 5, 94. 64. 



This is described as being as large as the Common 

 Heron : its beak black : the prevailing colour of 

 the plumage the same, with a blue gloss on the 

 wings : the space between the beak and the eyes 

 covered with a bare black skin : the legs are 

 black : the middle and outer toes connected at 

 the base by a membrane. It is said to inhabit 

 Silesia. 



