580. 



BLUE HEROIC. 



naked, and green : the crown of the head yellow ; 

 the hind part adorned with a crest composed of 

 fine white feathers, the longest of which is near 

 six inches in length ; the rest of the head is blue- 

 black, with a white streak commencing at the angle 

 of the beak, and tending towards the hind head : 

 the back streaked with black and white, and from 

 its lower part are appended several long narrow 

 feathers, which hang over the tail, Avhich is of a 

 dull blue: the quills are bluish brown : the whole 

 of the under parts of the body, from the chin to 

 the vent, is of a dusky blue : the leg3 are yellow : 

 the claws are dusky. Native of North America 

 and the Bahama islands : in the latter places they 

 breed among the rocks, and are in such abundance,, 

 and so little alarmed, that they may be taken with 

 great ease, as they frequently are, being esteemed 

 excellent food.. 



BLUE HERON. 

 (Ardea cserulea.) 



Ar. occipite crislatOj corpore ccEruleo, crista colloque vlolacehy 



rostro ccBTuleOj pcdihus mrescentibus. 

 Heron with a crested occiput 3 the body blue j the crest and' 



neck violet j the beak blue 3 the legs greenish. 

 Ardea cserulea. Linn. Syst, Nat, 1. 238. IJ.—GmeL Syst. Nat^_ 



1.631.— ^rm. Orn. 5. 484. 42,— Raii. Syn. I89. S.—LaiL. 



Inch Orn, 2. 689. 48. 



