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AaOLET HERON. ' 

 (Ardea leucocephala.) 



Ar. nigro'VioJacea, vert ice iiigro, capite coUo superiore crisso tec- 



tricihusqiie siihcaudalihus nlbis, rostra pedibusque Jiisco-riibris. 

 Violet-black Heron, with the crown black j tiie head, upper 



part of the neck, the vent, and the under tail-feathers, white ; 



the beak and feet red-brown. 

 Ardea leucocephala. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. QA2. — Lath. Ind, Orn. 



2. 699. 78. 

 Le Heron violet. Bvff. Ois, 7. 370. 

 Heron de la cote de Coromandel. Buff. PI. Enl. QOQ. 

 Violet Heron. Lath. Gen, Syn, 5. QJ. 69,— Lath. Syn» Sup, 2^6, 



Native of the East Indies, where it is said to be 

 very common. It is esteemed for food, and is 

 often used in falconry. It is thirty-three inches 

 in length : its beak is dusky brown : the top of 

 the head, the lower part of the neck, the body, 

 the wings, and the tail, are of a fine bluish black, 

 glossed with violet : the rest of the head and neck, 

 the vent, and the under tail-coverts, are white : 

 the legs are reddish brown. Called Monickjore 

 at Bengal, and Luglug in other parts of Hindoostan, 



