JSQUACCO HERON. 



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of some of the feathers : several of those of the 

 back, wing, and tail-coverts, marked in the same 

 manner : scapulars dashed with black : greater 

 quills more or less dusky at the tips: the tail- 

 feathers marked with dusky down the shafts, from 

 the tip an inch and a half upwards, except the outer 

 feather, which is plain : legs yellow." Another is 

 mentioned that differs slightly : The crown of a 

 plain white: scapulars some white, some black : on 

 the fore-part of the neck some loose long feathers, 

 black, and white mixed, hanging over the breast, 

 and some others of the same loose texture and 

 mixed colour, falling on the tail : the wing-coverts 

 have likewise some black feathers intermixed: 

 the quills plain white, and the tail the same, except 

 one feather wholly black : legs black." I suspect 

 the last described variety is a distinct species, but 

 forbear to detach it, as I have not seen a specimen. 

 It is found with the former. 



B. Tarsi brevi. 

 B. Tarsi short. 



SQUACCO HERON. 

 (Ardea ralloides.) 



Ar. cristata,Jronte "oerticequejlams maculis nigris longitudinalibus 

 notatis, corpore supra rufo, suhtus guld uropygio cauddque 



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