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PHILIPPINE HERON* 



NEW GUINEA HERON. 



(Ardea Novae»Guineae.) 



Ar. corpore toto nigro, iridibus Jlavis, rosiro pedibusque Juscis. 

 Heron with the body entirely black j the irides yellow ; the 



beak and feet brown. 

 Ardea Novae Guinese. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 644. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 685. 34. 

 Crabier noir de la nouvelle Guinea. Buff, Ois. 7. 394. — Buff. 



PI, Enl. 926. 

 New Guinea Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn, 5. 71- 34. 



This curious bird is only ten inches in length, 

 and the whole of its plumage is black : its beak 

 and legs are brown : the irides yellow. It is a 

 native of New Guinea : its manners are unknown. 



PHILIPPINE HERON. 

 (Ardea Philippensis.) 



Ar. castanea subtus albida, dorso striis transversis nigriSf tectri- 

 cibus alarum nigricantibus albo marginatis, remigibus caudaque 

 nigris. 



Chesnut Heron, beneath whitish ; with the back transversely 

 striped with black ; the wing-coverts dusky, edged with 

 white ; the quills and tail black. 



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