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A r d e a purpurea; fZirw,:) £Zt<wdiU>aiixk. Jfatl&l'lyG/AUlnuuuUi
P l f i E P I i E H E R O N,
AniNt purpurea* fjnn. ■
L e Heroin pdtirprA
i s tbis-'degaot ifK&s we ,«aiuot f e tv m m k « » of i W benutiful gr M im <d txm .,„¡„00 -.Mj ,,
, ®'0aps * bK-1' > m * ° I . i f « . l i e w v e y Qf ,1» © ¿ ¿ f ,l3)„ - ^ ^ , 1
T~*LShZ 1* ^ ! i lS & * * ro,«h^'""**>(few“ ft «»SW*»;
Jhese otamatum, apply: will peculiar force d) the Uni. before, a», which «¿m l to
‘ >, ! ^ >>! ; ^ .¡«¡men: |ia; Common Hero» oa tie one lend/and the Bittern o„ ft* * ¡5 * ,
I? ; y 7 “ * r r " * . * ! • * ’ “ ,:i' * ^ * « iw r e f . t ie an t i; in rim ofcciplii lumen, and ¡0 t ie
loi'B.; e|ljugls|; long n-tiJs anti MiWtcr legs, it is dosei,
tfuttdiily a, its linl;l:i and mannet.i tJniike tlie
fe ^ .edges of 1*1«© sheets of water.- the Purple
Met-Ott -'i (-.'V-|'v ' f., .
the tidiest irera, it iantfniea m the ground among« Out h e f t ^ «M a 7 * ! *& i it an ,., ' 7 t
ab o - tlc rase mtlt the Bitter», tne.tgtjs are three■ ia a o a ^ r , W < ) f a* wt^w* pab a laW b 'g i« « .'' v ;
I t e m « * of tin, species «. m great, that we may say V # » * * * » WMdta A * wtwfeof * * .
and Atnca. It is especially abundant in Holland, and in the marshy dissect: of f n m t ■ 'r fattm «*-
Jlaoife it must_Ue considered as an accidental rather than a regnlar visitaat, : |§ : we «<%sct that many of
.ose killed | | England had escaped from captivity, since number, are annually brought alive from Holland to "
e 01.1 on mar « % w^ ere we have frequentr, seen a dozen at one,time,, together with -Spoonbills, Comm* -<t
in thd most beautiful state of ji.unir.ge, having been captured duringthe season of
i itteu n accompanied y hundreds of their eggs. We fear that this wholesale traffic has much
diminished the numbers of these soeries for th#> «imnlv J i i , 1 •■«*» IOF me supply iias been much le;-sAs, ab« und, an-t d, ur.i ng t,h e l,ast two or
r' ijiree years tfeau it was formem.
Tile imA o»‘ft* <.; *i»d Sli«>!? » P* “ij jHGm« w»« , 0atf»tfmt tti.t »o«f *fi-s.,h7, . 1Z% -, , m, i«, am, !, insects.' ' ” I ' “ r.’ ^«®nine<t compile matonl^; and may be tbus described.
f :*wa®|iW cjpbp, » »«ripe down the haefe of the neck, another frtieo the roomer of
- moull1 tu ih* i , > i d « < , i v v : f 1 A I M , « .
aud front o f the «erJ, ifiiiie*«, dK* fkmthwat. 4*4 i4?- K- r -- u .|it^¿f' idi«- hiSfi v rfB» - ■'••
«if-blackish brown ^ ♦dhtfirtit
• white: lower part o f she i.'f-ik ,•;« tlw vwjtj ¡fyilili -.-■w ■. •.. • ' .. , ' . *
% ^ M d fW aod uuder wiug-o09erts ^4-. <$£$... ^ | S | ^ v f f f P ;
ih e scapdariesi deep wr}^i»h irovvn.^ ihliati^. tfi-j-i. -
“ ■>'“* an,i ]"K bii! ,l:r!! ti!:‘ ' r ; »> | t | ...Sire or llllllMi:,./ . | i ^ | Inw ilJ M ils
Tlie Tou’.iff ni'e destitute of the oceiiHtiil ci-i.-s!, acui *if rfv« i-nM>nj r.. a , - , . ...'; Vrf-' ■ ™ ;; ' ’ M(S } L”- ^-^Jigated ieathc-xfi.w the scapularies and at the base
0, dm neck, utftil ¿hey are three y w o ld ; f a fr ¡¿bead and crown o f f a «cdpat are grey with a reddish
rinil Mw, ,k <* h, much paler, a»,d ,V Wiick « r ip s , fr* i. ri' (lie ;,« * white, w ill j o i i S f e
,v'Wuk Spot8; tinder siirmcie «Mleia1 »«rhl Mtr °m»*a»iw«*liWfire« bjuf.K^lii, »oKro,», under mandibfe, bare space tne eyes* and indea ji«h)vyfe%TK)P if
. We have %ure<l au-wdutt »¿i,- about two tbbds of th* natural sae.