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head ; on the crown of the head directly between tlie eyes is a patch 
of deep rich brown ; the rest of tho head is light brown to the 
occiput, where this colour is bounded by a light rufous band; to 
this siicoeeds a broad band of white, which passes round the neck, 
and which again is separated from the colour of the hack by a 
blackish brown band, which nearly meets in front of the throat. ' 
Below, wliite. 
Length, nearly 7 inches. 
,, of bill, from gape, 8 lines, 
„ ,, front, 7 lines. 
,, of wings, 3 inches 10 lines. 
„ of tail, 1 inch 8 lines. 
„ of thigh, 1 incli 7 lines. 
„ of tarsus, 1 incli 1 line. 
,, of middle toe, 9 lines. 
„ of outer toe, 7 lines. 
,, of inner toe, lines. . 
This species frequonts the sea-shore, aud^ in habits, resembles 
the coirmion ring plover, 
Fam. Ai’deidae. 
Sub-fatTi. Arileina\ 
Gen. Ardea. 
Ardea jngulai'is (Wag.). 
Herodias matook {Vjeill.). 
Kauaui (Malaj'" name). 
General colour, above and below% brownish gray, wdth the long 
feathers of the crest, neck, and back, clear- blue gray ; the outer and 
exposed parts of the feathers of the wing.s and tail are also blue 
gray, but of a less bright tint; a streak of white extends from the 
chin for the whole length of the head to the upper part of the 
throat where it terminates, and the rest of the neck is of the ge- 
neral colour of the plumage. 
Length, about 9 feet 5 inches. 
„ of bill, from gape, 4 inches 1 line. 
„ ,, front, 3^- inches. 
„ of wings, 11 inches, 
„ of uiil, 3 inches 10 linos, 
,, of thigh, about 5 inches. 
„ of tarsus, 3 inches. 
„ of middle toe, 2 inches 7 lines. 
„ of outer toe, 2 inches 4 lines, 
,, of inner toe, 2 inches 1 liim. 
,, of hallux, I inch 7 lines. 
Very common on tlie ftca-shore, and frequently flying and 
