A R D E A. 
6 9. Ardea virgata, the (freaked heron : blackifh-brown ; 
neck beneath white ; throat (freaked with black ; wing- 
coverts (freaked with yellowifh. Inhabits North Ame¬ 
rica ; feventeen inches long. Legs greenifh. 
70. Ardea cana, the a(h-colonred heron: cinereotrs ; 
neck brown afh ; bellv, checks, and chin, white. Bill 
black ; feathers of the flanks long, broad; legs yellowifh. 
Inhabits North Atnerica; twenty-five inches long. 
71. Ardea carnnculata, the u attled heron : back, wings, 
legs,and crown, black-bine ; fmooth head and neck white ; 
body beneath black ; bill and chin carnnculate. Bill 
black, with a red bafe ; orbits naked, red ; it ids reddifli ; 
two wattles hanging from the chin Covered with white 
feathers. Inhabits Africa j five feet long. 
72. Ardea Malaccenfis, the Malacca heron : brown ; 
beneath, wings and tail white; fmooth head and neck 
flreaked with brown and white; face naked, cinereous. 
Bill black, the bafe yellow at the fides ; feathers of the 
bead and neck long, narrow, loofe ; legs yellow. Inha¬ 
bits Malacca ; nineteen inches long. 
75. Ardea cinnamomea, the cinnamon heron : cinna¬ 
mon ; head fmooth ; chin and vent white; throat flreak¬ 
ed with brown; a yvliite ftripe on each fide of the chin. 
Inhabits China; eighteen inches long. Bill and legs 
yellow. 
74. Ardea pumila, the dwarf heron : fmooth head and 
neck varied with yellowifh, chefnnt and white; body 
above chefnnt, beneath wbitifh ; tail fnowy. Upper 
mandible black, with a yellowifli edge, lower pale ochre, 
with a yellowifh bafe; face ochre; irids yellow; chin 
and band reaching as far as the breafl wdiite ; rump fnowy ; 
legs dirty-afli. Inhabits the Cafpian Sea; nineteen 
inches long. 
75. Ardea badia, the chefnnt heron : chefnnt, beneath 
wbitifh, with a longitudinal fnowy flripe down the mid¬ 
dle; quill-feathers black; wing-coverts blueiflt. Bill 
brown; irids yellowifh ; tail chefnnt; legs red. Inha¬ 
bits Silefia ; ftze of a crow ; builds in trees. 
76. Ardea Philippenfis, the Philippine heron : be¬ 
neath white; fmooth crown and neck above reddilh- 
brown; back with tranfverfe rufous and brown lines; 
wings and tail bh.ck; throat reddifh dirty.white. Bill 
greenifh-yellow ; face naked, gieen; wings edged with 
reddifli-white; legs yellow. Inhabits the Philippine 
Iflands : eleven inches long. 
77. Ardea Novae Guineae, the New Guinea heron : 
black; head fmooth ; face naked, greenifh. Inhabits New 
Guinea; ten inches-long. Bill brown. 
78. Ardea cyanopus,. the cinereous heron : cinereous, 
beneath w bite ; head fmooth ; face blue; quill-feathers 
partly white, partly black. Bill blue, tipt with black ; 
wing-coverts cinereous mixed with black; legs blueifh. 
Inhabits America ; a little larger than a crow. 
79. Ardea maculata, die fpotted heron: brown; neck 
above and upper part of the back fpotted with white; 
head fmooth ; lores naked, greenifh. Bill brown, be¬ 
neath greenifh-yellow ; quill-feathers with a black fpot at 
the tip ; legs greenifli-brown. Inhabits the fens of Eu¬ 
rope ; eighteen inch.es and a quarter long. 
80. Ardea Gardeni, the Gardenian heron : brown ; 
head fmooth; back blatkifh ; throat and bread whitifli, 
fpotted with brown. Inhabits Cayenne and Carolina; 
eighteen or twenty-two inches long. 
81. Ardea flellaris, the debated bittern, head fmootli- 
ifli ; body above teflaceous, with tranfverfe fpots, be¬ 
neath paler, with oblong brown fpots. Bill brown, be¬ 
neath greenifh ; legs and lores green. Inhabits the tem¬ 
perate parts of Europe, Afia, and America; three feet 
two inches long; migrates northern! y in funimer; feeds on 
fifh and-reptiles; about fun-fet riles in the air to a vail 
height in a fpiral direction, making a prodigious noile; 
builds among reeds; eggs four or five, greemfli-afli. 
82. Ardea minuta, the little bittern: head fmooth; 
body brawn; beneath reddifh; tail-featheisgreenifh-black ; 
1 So 
lores yellowifli, (male.) Body brown; edges of the 
feathers reddifh, beneath reddifli; *rown, back, wings 
and tail black, (female.) Bill yellow.green ; naked part 
of the face yellow ; irids iafrron; legs green brown. Inha¬ 
bits Europe and Afia, very rare in England ; fif.een 5 riches 
long. This and the preceding are fhewui in Piate IV. 
83. Ardea botattrus, tliegreater bittern : head fmooth, 
black; body above cinereous-brow 11, beneath rufous; 
lores and naked orbits yellow; throat wbi e, flreaked 
with black and reddifh. Bill yellowifh; irids yellow; 
feathers of-tlie head and breafl long, flowing; feathers of 
the (ides of the neck flreaked with biack. Inhabits Italy ; 
three feet nine inches long. 
84. Ardea' folonnienlis, the Italian bittern : crown 
black; fmooth head and neck ferruginous; body above 
blackifli, beneath reddifli. Bill blackifli, beneath cor¬ 
neous; irids yellow; wing-coverts varied with ferrugi¬ 
nous and white; greater quill-feathers blackifli, leffer 
ferruginous; legs brown. Inhabits Italy; larger than 
the next. 
85. Ardea Marfigli, the Swabian bittern : rufous flreak¬ 
ed with brown ; head fmooth ; throat white; quill-fea¬ 
thers brownifli with dufky bars; tail whitifli. Face 
naked, yellow; irids whitifli ; legs yellowifh. Inhabits 
the banks of the Danube; lefs than Ardea flellaris. 
86. Ardea Damibialis, the rayed bittern : brown, with 
black and reddifli lines; head fmooth ; lores nuked, yel¬ 
low ; throat and breafl wbitifh. Bill brown, beneath 
yellowifh; legs and claws grey. Inhabits the banks of 
the Danube; fize of the laft. 
87. Ardea undulata, the zigzag bittern : reddifh grey; 
cap black; body above with black waves, beneath with 
angular (freaks. Bill brown ; lores blueil’n ; neck tumid; 
legs yellow. Inhabits Cayenne; thirteen inches long. 
88 . Ardea Brafilienfis, the Brafilian bittern : head 
fmooth ; body biackifli, dotted with yellow ; quill and 
tail-feathers, bill and legs, blackifli. Irids yellow ; head 
and neck brown, with a few black fpots; throat wdiite, 
black and brown longitudinal fpots. Inhabits Brafil; 
two feet eight inches long. 
89. Ardea tigrina, the tiger bittern: head fmooth ; 
crown and tail black* with white bands; body black, 
fpotted above with rufous, beneath with pale ochre; 
chin and vent white. Bill greenifh ; irids yellowifh ; chin 
and fides of the neck, reddifh, with black fpots; tail with 
four bands; legs green. Inhabits South America; two 
feet and a half long. 
90. Ardea lineata, the lineated bittern : head fmooth ; 
bill and lores blue; wings and tail black; body above 
W'aved with rufous, yellowifli, and brown, lines, beneath 
dirty-white. Head and neck rufous, with numerous brown 
lines croffmg each other; fore-part of the neck with a 
white line, each fide edged with black fpots; legs yel¬ 
low. Inhabits Cayenne; two feet and a half long. 
91. Ardea flava, the yellow bittern : flreaked; above 
brown, beneath white; head and neck reddifli; tail-fea¬ 
thers with tranfverfe white (freaks. Bill near the tip fer¬ 
rate, brown, greenilh at the bafe; irids golden; feathers 
of the belly edged with yellow; tail with white lines; 
legs dufky-grey. Inhabits Brafil; two feet three inches 
long, 
92. A.rdea Senegalenfis, the Senegal bittern : rufous, be¬ 
neath white ; head fmooth ; feathers of the throat with a 
black longitudinal ftreak down the middle; wings white, 
reddifli in the middle. Bill reddifh-brown, beneath yel¬ 
low ; feathers of the neck lax, rufous; legs yellow. In¬ 
habits Senegal; twelve inches long. 
93. Ardea exihs, the minute bittern : fmooth head 
and body above reddifh-bay, beneath white ; fides of the 
neck rufous; wings and tail black. Bill greenifh; irids. 
ftraw-c. loui ; lateral and lower feathers of the neck long, 
loofe ; breafl brownifli black ; middle wing-coverts fer¬ 
ruginous; fomeof the quill-feathers tipt with chefnnt; legs 
green. Inhabits Jamaica; eleven inches and a half iong, 
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