ASH-COLOURED HERON. 

 (Ardea cana.) 



Ar. cinerea, collo Jusco-citierascentef abdomine gents guldque 

 albis. 



Cinereous Heron;, with the neck greyish brown ; the abdomen, 



cheeks, and chin, white. 

 Ardea cana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 643. — ^Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 



693. 59. 



Ash-coloured Heron. Penn, Arct, Zool. 2. 353. — Lath, Gen. 

 Syn. 5, 87. 54. 



This is found at New York : it is two feet in 

 length : its beak is strong, and black : the cheeks 

 and the chin are whitish : the neck is pale ashy- 

 brown, streaked on the fore-part with white : the 

 back, the wings, and the tail, are cinereous, each 

 feather bordered with dusky : the feathers of the 

 sides of the back long and broad, hanging over the 

 ends of the wings : the belly is white : the legs are 

 yellowish. This arrives at New York in Mayj 

 breeds there, and departs in October. 



