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STREAKED HERON. 

 ( Ardea virgata. ) 



Ar. Jusco-nigricans, collo subtus albo,jugulo nigro striato, tectri- 



cibus alarum Jlavescente striatis. 

 Dusky brown Heron, with the neck beneath white ; the jugulum 



striped with black j the wing-coverts striped with yellowish. 

 Ardea virgata. Gmel, Syst, Nat, 1. 643. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 693. 60. 



Streaked Heron. Penn. Arct, ZooL 2. 354. — Lath. Gen. Syn, 

 5. 87. 55. 



Native of North America: length seventeen 

 inches : beak two inches : the crown of the head 

 dusky: the cheeks and hind part of the neck 

 varied with ferruginous and black : the chin, the 

 throat, and the fore-part of the neck, are white ; 

 the latter is streaked with black : the wing-coverts 

 are striped with black and pale buff: the outer 

 edge of the wing is white : the quills are dusky : 

 the legs are greenish. A slight variety is men- 

 tioned, which has a white line on each jaw : the 

 scapulars and greater wing-coverts are dusky, 

 spotted at the ends with white. 



