NEW SOUTH WALES, 
^, Order VII. Cloven-footed. 
Genus LXV.. 
W H I T E - F R O N T E D H E R O N. 
This is little more than half the fize of the common 
Heron : length 28 inches : the general colour of the 
plumage is bluifli alli, inclining to lead colour : top of 
the head black, and a trifle crefted ; the forehead, lides 
of the head, chin, and throat white, palling downwards, 
and finifliing in a point about the middle of the neck, 
before : on the lower part of the neck the feathers are 
long and loofe, and of a pale rufous cinnamon colour; 
all the under parts of the body alfo incline to this laft 
colour, but are much paler : the quills and tail are dark 
lead colour, nearly black : on the back the feathers 
are long and narrow, and hang part of the way on the 
tail : the bill is four inches long, and black ; but the 
bafe half of the under mandible is yellowifli : the legs 
are formed as in other herons, of a yellowifli brown co- 
lour, and the claws are black. 
This bird Was fent from Port Jackfon in New Hol- 
land, and as it has not been noticed by any author, wc 
conlider it as a new fpecies. 
C FT A P. 
XV. 
Order 
