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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
ARDEA LEUCOGASTRA VAR. LEUCOPRYMNA. ( Gm .) {Licht.) 
Louisiana Heron. 
Adult Male. — Bill, black and yellow ; bare space in front of the 
eye, yellow; general plumage, above slaty blue; crest, reddish pur- 
ple, mixed with dull white ; throat, white, mixed with chestnut, 
heaviest on the lower part, the whole continuing down the front of 
the neck; under parts, white; under tail-coverts slightly edged with 
bluish; legs, yellowish green; iris, red. 
Length 25, wing 10.50, tail 3.50, tarsus 4, bill 4. (Florida 
skin.) 
I have never taken this bird in the Bahamas, and have therefore 
included it on the authority of Mr. N. B. Moore, who gives it in his 
list as occurring on Fortune Island. While on Andros Island dur- 
ing the latter part of January, I observed two birds which I believed 
to be of this species, but was unable to approach within shot of them. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. VI. pi. 373. 
ARDEA CYANIROSTRIS. Cory. , 
Inagua Heron. 
Adult Male. — General appearance of the last species. Above, 
slate-color; crest and base of the neck, purplish, the former mixed 
with white ; throat, white, mixed with reddish brown, narrowing 
