SACRED HERON. 



this country, it having been shot near Kingsbridge 

 in Devonshire, the latter end of October ] 805 : it 

 was observed for several days in the same field, 

 attending some cows, and picking up insects, which 

 were found in its stomach : it was not shy. This 

 specimen is now placed in the British Museum. 



The native place of this species appears to be 

 Carolina, and other parts of North America, as far 

 as Mexico. 



SACRED HERON. 

 (Ardea sacra.) 



Ar. alba, tectricibus minoribus alarum rectricibusque nigro' 

 lineatis. 



White Heron, with the lesser wing-coverts and the tail-feathers 



striped with black. 

 Ardea sacra. Gmel, Syst, Nat. 1. 640. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 



696. 69. 



Sacred Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. Q2. 62. 



The Sacred Heron is a native of Otaheite and 

 the neighbouring islands, where it is esteemed 

 sacred. It is thus described by Latham : Size 

 of the little Egret : length two feet three inches : 

 general colour of the plumage white : beak four 

 inches long, dusky brown : on the middle of the 

 crown a few obscure dusky streaks down the shafts 



