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black-crp:sted white heron. 



(Ardeapileata.) 



Ar. occipite cristato, corpore atbo, vertice nigro. 



Heron with the occiput crested ; the body white 3 the crown of 



the head black. 

 Ardea pileata. Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 695. 66. 

 Ardea Brasiliensis Candida. Briss. Orn. 5, 434. I7. 

 Le Heron blanc a calotte noire. Buff. Ois. 7. 380. 

 Le Heron huppe de Cayenne. PL Enl. 907. 



Black-crested white Heron. Lath, Gen. Syn. 5. 92. 60. A. 



This bird is described by Latham as a variety of 

 the Great White Heron in the General Synopsis, 

 but in the Index Ornithologicus it is distinguished 

 as a species : it is only two feet long, whereas the 

 bird with which it was associated is considerably 

 more than three feet, without including the beak : 

 its entire plumage is white, v/ith the exception of 

 a black patch on the top of the head ; the hind 

 part of which has a pendant crest, composed of 

 six long feathers, the two middle ones of which 

 are above six inches long, and the others are 

 gradually shortened. It inhabits the rivers of 

 Guiana. 



