79 
Allen’s naturalist’s ljbrarv. 
green ; tibia yellow; claws black, bare loral space green; iris 
""s. -S-oiV,!! 
Adult Female.— Similar to the male and having the same 
th"ra"‘ anfthe -P^-Plumes are not s"o long St 
so pronounced "" chest is no? quite 
so?urett?‘.Th^’f not 
so pure grey the head dark slate-colour, with a small crest rf 
purphsh-black ; neck, as well as the sides of the factSdlar- 
coverts, ashy-grey ; cheeks and throat white ; neck dark slaty- 
grey, as also the sides of the body, under wing-coverts and 
SO on thetrt less markedly 
hv ? ft represented on the sides of the body 
SeS tthtJ it'''''®! o" sides of the 
streakeVifth thr by a patch of dusky feathers, 
streaked with white ; a tinge of rust-colour on the bend of the 
and^re-ntlJr" black-streaked feathers of the throat 
nestling— A curious little creature, covered with greyish 
Jetonle -hy- 
Eange in Great Britain The Heron ic fonn^l r 
owing to the prot^tfon 
where heronries still Sr Hs 
W h • f of breeding bS 
less than m former times. In Ireland Mr. Ussher fay tha 
t breeds in every county, “sometimes in solitary nest7somr 
tinies m large heronries in trees, sometimes on the sldSJ 
and where there are neither trees nor cliffs it has bee^LS 
in Connmnam’’ severaUakes 
fouror moretfts. contain upwards of 
Eange outside the British Islands.-The Common Heron is an 
Old World species, and is almost universally distributed bu" 
becomes much rarer in the east of its winter Lnge, as it is no 
