IVORTH AMERICAN ASH-COLOURED HEROy.. 
are bare of feathers three inches above the 
knees. 
The bill is straight, sharp-pointed', and 
toothed in both upper and under mandible to- 
^vards the point. The upper mandible is 
channelled, and of a blackish colour ^ the nos- 
trils being placed in the channels^ and pretty- 
near the head : and, between the nostrils and 
the eye, the skin, which is void of feathers, is 
of a greenish yellow colour. The lower man- 
dible is yellow, or orange-coloured. Ths eves 
are placed over the angles of the raouih. 
Long black feathers wholly cover the top of 
tlie head ; forming a crest of seven or eight 
inches long, if measured from the base of the 
bill backward : the sides and under part of the 
head are white. The neck is covered with 
long slender feathers of a browTiish colour, 
barred transversely with dusky on the hinder- 
part. The feathers on the fore-part of the 
neck have broad white dashes down their mid- 
dle; being black on each side, with reddish 
brown edges, which makes an agreeable varia- 
tion. Tlic back, and upper side of the wings and 
tail, are of a brownish ash-colour: the covert 
leathers 
