LITTLE HERON. 



589 



upper wing-coverts, and tail, of a deep blue-black, 

 and the breast was destitute of the brownish black 

 hue y in other respects similar to the first. 



B. TiBi^ fere totce plumostB. 



B. TibicE nearly clothed with feathers. 



LITTLE HERON. 

 ' (Ardea miriuta.) 



Ar. vertice dorso remigibus rectricibusque nigro-mrescentibuSy coUo 



tectricibus alarum abdomineque Juho-rubris. 

 Heron with the crown, back, quills^ and tail, green-black ; the 



neck, wing-coverts, and abdomen, of a yellowish red. 

 Ardea minuta. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1. 240. 26. — Gmel. Siyst. Nat, 



1. 640. 26.— Lath. Jnd. Orn. 2. 683. 27.— Leach. Cat. Brit. 



Mus. p. 33. 



Ardea soloniensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 637. 51. young. — Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 2. 681. \Q. young. 

 Ardea danubialis. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 637. 53. young. — Lath, 



Ind. Orn. 2. 681. 21. young. 

 Botaurus rufus. Briss. Orn. 5. 458. 29. young. 

 Botaurus striatus. Briss. Orn, 5. 454. 27. young. 

 Ardeola. Briss. Orn. 5. 4gy. 46, pi, AO. f. 1. 

 Le Blongois de Suisse. Buff. Ois. 7. 3g5.—Buff. PI. Enl. 323. 

 Le Butor brun raye. Buff. Ois. 7. 424. young. 

 Le Butor roux. Buff. Ois, 7. 425. 

 Heron blongois. Temm, Man. d'Orni.p. 37I. 

 Boo-onk, or Long-neck. Edvo. pi. 275. — Gent. Mag. xix.pl, in 



P' 497- 



Rufous Bittern. Lath. Gen. Syn.5. 60. ig. young. 



