blue chane, or iierox. 
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208 . AHBEA CEaVLAEA, LINK.®i;S AKD WILSON. 
IILUB cuank, oh heron. 
'"'ii.soN, rLATi: Lxn. ria. m. — idikburoh collebe mvsel'ji. 
ni(!ntionin<r tliis species in his translation of the 
Turtou has introduced what he calls 
y®>ieties, one from New Zealand, the other from 
and^'^i which, if we may judge hy their size 
sn • appear to be entirely dittereut and distinct 
last^**'^’ green, with yellow legs, the 
loo I'all 1®** ^I'an the jiresent. By this 
he'^* ’“ede of discrimination, the precision of science 
'"Si altogether disjiensed with, tlu? whole tribe of 
Of tl*"*’ and bitterns, may be styled mere varieties 
ine '** ardea. The same writer has still farther 
this I'onfusion, by designating as a difi'erent 
alm*^'*^i I'ls bluish heron, (A. ccerulescens,) which agrees 
asactly with the present. Some of these mis- 
llji^ ?. ’"ay probably have oririnated from the figure of 
draw*'*^ S'ven by Catesby, which a])peiu's to have been 
„]• ” aad coloured, not from nature, but from the 
"’a'aag recollections of memory, and is extremely 
aarv'T**'^*’ remarks are dne to truth, and neces- 
"hi .] olucidation of the history of tliis species, 
Th 1’® I’al' imperfectly known in Europe, 
t'hni i '’®roa is properly a native of the warmer 
at tf . United States, migrating from thence, 
hcinir*f ^W'pach of winter, to the trojiical regions, 
•nudd '**'!"’* Cayenne, Jamaica, and Mexico. On the 
’lown^ Mis.sissi|)pi, from Baton llouge 
Hict t® New Orleans, these birds are frequently 
far o' they extend their migrations as 
tile , a® England, chiefly in the vicinity of 
Borth*^'*’ ^®®®™"'S' more rare as they advance to the 
of tj,' f^® ’’®“ l>®ach of Cape May, 1 found a few 
mem breeding among the cedars, in company with 
'les(^*^'^^ heron, night heron, and green hiltcni. The 
riptiou of the present was taken from two of these. 
