AMDEID^ — ABIJEIN^ : HERONS. 
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tigiate feathers drooping far beyond the tail; neck closely feathered. Plumage entirely white 
at all seasons. Bill, lores, and eyes, yeUow; legs and feet black. Length 36.00-42.00 (not in- 
cluding the dorsal train, which is a foot or more longer) ; extent 55.00; wing 16.00-17.00; taU 
5.50-6.50; bill 4.50-5.00; tarsus about 6.00; tibia3 bare 3.50. ? averaging smaller than $. 
U. S. southerly, and much of W. 1., C. and S. Am. ; straggling northward to Nova Scotia 
Fig. 458. — European Great White Egret, Heroclias alba, I nat. size. (From Brelim.) 
Canada, Minnesota, etc. ; resident in the south. Breeds like other herons ; eggs 3-4, 
2.20-1.55. 
259. GARZET'TA. (Ital. name of a heron. Fig. 459.) Small Egret Herons. Form of the 
preceding, but size small ; length about 2 feet. Color white ; an occipital crest, and short 
recurved train of stiff-shafted loose-webbed feathers in the breeding season ; lower neck-feathers 
lengthened, depending. (See fig. of the European species, G. nivea.) 
