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LOUISIANE HERON. 



Native of the Coromandel coast: length one 

 foot nine inches : the beak is yellow : between the 

 beak and eyes bare, and grey : the old bird with 

 an elongated occipital crest, composed of several 

 feathers, that fall down over the hind part of the 

 neck, and are striped with dusky and white : the 

 upper part of the head and hind part of the neck 

 rufescent, as are also the long feathers which 

 adorn the lower part of the neck : the wing-coverts 

 and back are tinged with rufous, and the feathers 

 of the scapula are elongated, and reach beyond 

 the tail : the rest of the plumage is white : the legs 

 are yellow. 



LOUISIANE HERON. 

 (Ardea Ludoviciana.) 



Ar. crisiata cinerea, collo ahdomineque rujis, vtrtice alis caudaque 



viridi-nigricantibus J pedibus Jlavis. 

 Grey-crested Heron, with the neck and abdomen rufous 3 the 



crown^ wings, and tail, dusky green the feet yellow. 

 Ardea Ludoviciana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 630. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 



2. 690. 51. 



Le Crabier roux^ k tfete et queue vertes. Biif. Ois. 7. 40/. 

 Crabier de la Louisiane. Buff. PL Enl. gOQ. 

 Louisiane Heron. Lath, Gen, Syn. 5. 81. 47. — Penn, Arct. 

 Zool. 2. 350. 



Inhabits Louisiana. Length sixteen inches : 

 the beak dusky : the orbits pale yellow : the top 



