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particularly'concem^is ^ which do not here 
are purely African. ’ representatives of these families 
THE PURPLE HERONS. GENUS PHOYX. 
- P- 3. . (.88,). 
-^ype, i”. J>»rpurea (Linn.). 
»8 .0.3, wi.,c,. 
feathers, thus diifering from the mZ' ‘welve taii- 
>n length. The hind-cla?is ^rsus 
nearly straight, with a very slight cwve^ Powerful, and is 
^ PURPUREA. 
Brit L.T^p ^453 '■ P' ^36 (1766); Macmll 
f 6 (x875)rstsihmf^k-?ri[’ ?• p-/^^’“p' 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. a„i „ 
A. , • 
scap““;d-£rl“'3a"^^^^ *'^/la.y.„.,e„i,h 
rufous and hoary-grey plumes • ."^ated and composed of 
the lesser series infSnf light slaty-grey 
secondaries externally grLer and"X'^‘^°'™- the 
inner ones almost entirekgrey l gre^T^ 
and having two long black feariiers dl?/ V "'‘r black, 
sides of face and sides of neck briSf.L T tiapei 
line running from the base of the bilf black 
uniting on the nape and extendina r ticra^s the ear-coverts and 
which is slaty-grey ; a second half of the hind-neck 
of the bill and extending down tht'sidet u'”® ^asi^ 
forms a broad band; cheeks, throat aird fn neck, where it 
some black streaks in the centre "'hh 
...eaks b.co„i„, „„ '„rSofS-„l'’SS 
