T A B . XXXV.
A R D E A T OR QU A T A .
C H A R A C T E R G E N E R I C U S .
Rofirum re£luin, acutum, longum, fubcomprelTum, fulco e naribus verfus apicem exaratum.
Nares lineares.
Pedes tetxada£lyli.
C H A R A C T E R S P E C I F I C U S .
Ardea occiplte fubcriftato nigro, corpore fupra fufco, fubtus albido, pe£iore nlgro lunulis
albidis.
G E N E R I C C HA R A C T E R .
Bill ftralt, acute, long, fomewhat comprefled, marked with a furrow proceeding from die
noftrils towards the tip.
Nojlrils linear.
Feet four-toed.
S P E C I F I C C HA R A C T E R .
Heron with the hind-head black and fomewhat crefted; the body brown above, whltifli beneath;
the breaft black with whitifh lunulated marks.
OF the genera contained in the order Grallee, or Waders , diat of Ardca is by far the moil
numerous, and the different fpecies are difperfed through moil parts of the globe. The f e birds
feed in general on fiih, frogs, fnakes, and other animals; and fome are occafionally granivorous.
Some fpecies build on trees, as the Ardea cinerea, or common Heron; others on the
ground in marihy places, as the Ardea ilellaris, or Bittern. The y are capable of fuilaining a
very long flight, and fometimes foar to a great height. T h e Ardea Ciconia, or Stork, and the