birds. GRALLjE. 49. Scopus. 50. Ardca. 37.1 
49- SCOPUS. Billlong, thick, corapreffed, 
a little hooked ; noflrils linear, ob- 
lique; 4 -toed, cleft.. 
Sc. 
Tufted JJmhre. 
Inhabits AjTira ; 26 indies long. 
Rill brown, with a longitudinal furrow each fide, in which are' 
placed tlie nollrils, lower mandible narrower towards the end, 
and a little truncate ; crefl thick, tufted, lax ; body brown ; 
tail obfeurely barred ; legs longillx, brown ; toes connefted at 
the bafe. 
Female not crelled. , 
ARDEA. Bill ftrai^ht, pointed, long, 
fubcomprefied, with a furrow from 
the noftrils towards the tip : nojlrils 
linear: tongue fharp: feet 4 -toed, 
cleft; toes connefled at the bafe. 
A. Crelled : bill hardly longer than the head. 
Creft briflly, ere£l ; temples with 2 naked wattles. 
Crowned Heron. 
Inhabits Africa and Guinea; 2 feet g inches long; is eafily 
tanied, and feeds on worms and vegetables ; runs well, and 
continues long on the wing ; deeps on one leg ; flelh tough. 
Rill brownifli; irids grey; crown covered with fliort, filky 
feathers ; creji circular, yellowifli tipt with black ; temples 
and wattles red ; body blucifh-a(h ; wing-coverts white, the 
greater ones reddifli, thole next the body blackiHi ; tail and. 
greater guill-feaihcrs-hhck, the fecondary bay ; 'kgs dulky.' 1 
Behind each eye a tuft of long, white,, pendent feathers. 
Humidian Crane. 
^habits 4 /hica and AJia : 3 feet 3 Inches long. 
Rdl yellowifh, the bafe greenilb, the tip red ; irids red ; head 
and tips of the nrimarv quill-feathers black ; feathers of the 
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