576 FERRUGINEOUS HERON. 



and the rivers in the vicinity: it is also found in 

 Holland, Poland, Russia, Turkey, the Grecian 

 Archipelago, Sardinia, and Italy, and accidentally 

 in various parts of Germany: it builds among 

 the reeds, and lays from four to six greenish eggs. 

 I believe this species has been shot in England. 



FERRUGINEOUS HERON. 

 (Ardea ferruginea.) 



Ar. suhcristata nigricans rufo maculata, suhtus rufo albido cinereo 



fu&coque mriegata. 

 Slightly crested Heron ; dusky, spotted •with rufous ; beneath 



variegated with rufous, white, cinereous, and brown. 

 Ardea ferruginea. Gmel. Syst, Nat, 1. 634. — Lath.Ind. Orn. 2, 



68S. 41. 



Ferrugineous Heron. Lath, Gen. Si/n, 5. ^6, 41. 



" Length twenty-one inches and a half : beak 

 straight, sharp ; the base greenish flesh-colour ; 

 the end brownish ; the upper mandible somewhat 

 bent at the tip : between that and the eyes, and 

 over them, naked, and green : irides saffron- 

 colour: feathers of the head, neck, and back, 

 longish, black tipped with ferruginous ; those on 

 the crown somewhat elongated : chin yellowish 

 white : wing-coverts dark brown ; the outer ones 

 have ferruginous tipsj those nearest the body 



