ARDEA GARZETTA, 
EGRET, 
Generic Character. Ardea major. 
Synonyms. 
Ardea Garzetta. Lin. Syft, i. p, 237. 13. Ind. 
Orn, 2. p. 694. 64. 
Little Egret. Br, ZooL Appx. tab, 7. Lath, Syn. 
5*P* 90- 59- Mont, Orn, DiEi, VoL 
1. Bewick's Br. Birds, Pt, 2. p. 55. 
TTh E weight of this fpecies is faid to be about one pound ; 
its length rather exceeds fixteen, and from the crown of the 
head to the toes it meafures nearly twenty-two inches ; bill 
iharp ; irides yellow ; lore dull green ; feathers on the hind 
part of the head and neck long and flowing, forming a creft ; 
thofe on the breaft and fhoulders are of a loofe texture, the 
latter extend beyond the tail ; legs and claws ftrong in propor- 
tion to the fize of the bird, the centre claw is finely ferratcd 
bn the inner edge. 
As this bird muft be confidered as loft to this country, we 
can only give the defcription of it ; with its hiftory we have no 
acquaintance ; it is faid to build in trees in the manner of the 
common heron, and to live on the fame kinds of food. 
The Egret is not uncommon in many parts of the European 
continent, it is alfo met with in the iflands of Sicily, from 
whence 
