CINEREOUS HERON. 



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Heron above of a steel-black ; beneath white j with the quills 



and tail-feathers greenish, the former tipped with white. 

 Ardea ceerulea, y. Laih. Ind. Oni, 2. 689. 48. 

 Cancrofagus Brasiliensis. Briss. Orn. 5. 479. 40. 

 Ardeola Brasiliensis. RaiL Syn. p. 101. 8. 

 Le Crabier chalybe. B?ff. Ois. / . 404. 

 Blue Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 80. c. 



This fine species inhabits Brazil : it is only six- 

 teen inches in length : the beak is dusky ; its 

 under part white : irides and orbits naked, and 

 yellow : the general colour of the plumage black, 

 with a gloss of polished steel : the head varied 

 slightly with brown, and the wing-coverts with 

 cinereous : the quills are greenish, with a spot of 

 white near the tips : all the under parts of the 

 body are white, varied with cinereous and pale 

 yellow : the tail is greenish : the legs yellow. 



Described as a variety of the Blue Heron by 

 Latham, but I think it possesses sufficient cha- 

 racters to form a distinct species. 



CINEREOUS HERON, 



(Ardea cyanopus.) 



Ar. cinerea suhtus alba, remigibus partim nigris partim candidiSf 



rostro loris pedibusque ccEruleis. 

 Grey Heron, beneath white 5 with the quills part black, part 

 ' white J the beak, lores, and feet, blue. 



