flOUHOU HERON. 

 (Ardea Hohou.) 



Ar. cristaia cinerea, Jronte albo nigroque varid, alis albo cinereo 



ccsrulcoque variis, pedi/ms vnriegntis. 

 Crested cinereous Heron, with the forehead varied with black 



and white ; the wings varied with cinereous and blue j the 



legs variegated. 



Ardea Hohou. Gmel. Si/st, Nat. 1. (530. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 

 701. 85. 



Ardea mexicana cinerea. Briss. Orn. 5. 404. 5. 

 Xoxoukqui Hoactli. Raii.Syn. 102. 21. 



Houhou Heron. Buff. Ois. 7. 384. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 101 . /G. 



This inhabits the same situation as the Dry 

 Heron : it is said to have a loud disagreeable cry, 

 resembling the word houhou, from whence its 

 name is derived. It is in length two feet three 

 inches : its beak is black, and measures seven 

 inches in length : the forehead is varied with 

 black and white; the rest of the head is purple: 

 the feathers of the occiput are elongated, and form 

 a crest, which is of a rich purple hue : the edges 

 of the wings are white : the wing-coverts mottled 

 with blue and cinereous : the secondaries are of 

 great length, almost equalling the primaries : the 

 rest of the plumage is of an ash-colour : the legs 

 are variegated with brown, black, and yellowish. 



