ARDEA (ARDEOLA) GUTTURALIS. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
the tip of the tail 
of the bill 
of the wings when folded . . . 
of the tail 
Length of the tarsus . . . 
of the outer toe . 
of the middle toe 
of the inner toe . 
of the hinder toe 
Inches. 
Lines. 
The colours of the female not known. 
lhis little Heron is seldom procured, and I doubt if more than two specimens have yet fallen 
into the hands of the Naturalist. One of the two was shot near to Cape Town, and the other 
was procured during the movements of the Expedition party between the principal branches of 
the Orange River. Both were discovered near marshy grounds, and the one which was 
procured in the locality last stated was shot while perched upon the top of a dwarf tree. The 
remains of crustacece were found in its stomach. 
