GREYI, Gray.
- Jteef Heron.
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T his species ot He ion a „ 3^ ; ,
w1]« J i ' / j l t ~ 1 ’ 11 ‘•°1'*1 ruumI- lJ '< i ''i are found to exist. It presents
M) m mv (K intent- mil m > rm to iluTfif J f ^ T i l , , r i h m long been of opinion that
U IT.IUJ.1.1V in illmin’V i . rY ^ ^ i^m A p f ^ h ii li I hurt h uTlii wf i ntur-iinerl by others as weH
as- myself ,(and^al!|^ghIjVIjRl4tcl iillivray states rlu ^ llm SjBSSlflR t h u , i latent? suspicion that such
' ^ iM ^ i d ^ i I v i ^ i i b matioii, but n « olnn seen'by Mr McGillivray
SiJiiU < ip i l \ r ^ J i * ^ u H l^ P n f mi ii ■ !. bred for t l^ j l v w u ig obseriarioii^-fy.
' 5 ^ ^ * th? r % ^ mstan' 1 ‘^ fb 'md tlii-' mil the dark-coloured species” (H. jugularis)
B H B B g S j f c on sid e ra te® -a s the MmphiM;in'different states o f plumage, th e iS fe e and proportions
B H B m'd « i« i> ii i^ i^ llij^ in r i}w ;jju^^ ^ [r in^ jS)^ S f^ n m hliif tn~nlnte B vice vena
Mand, I » « t e s S f l i « were specifically distinct by
seeing that tbejialf-growo young <^)(^flji|’nest had assumed.' the distinctive colons of the parents. This
was first pointed tuH o iuo, hy n ’ ^ \ 1 u j r ^ l£ j lJ.iS vjhfRglSimitmii I b jd g jK iu - I ) iluiwn to the subject.
The ljdl)it& r.l g ^ y p o tp ’n f l e w £ ^ j n 'd t ? ^ p r i ) j ^ t l l ^ V*id iiVtftflBfe manner at low water on
tb’e o ^L 're efi^ ffl^ jijjjin g ’tbi. Ipiv id am k ‘tlnw _ tr e ^ ^ ^ - ^® p e s t and egg^are'jirecisely s im iiifh n ftf e
iTOjngS&this birdis'whur .Ironi ihe nest,^'
The entireplfiin|ge s r i lw - n h i t i § l y ^ ^ ™ ^ ^ S r w mliur, n i ib f a 'J ^ ^ t ijg l^ m w t lic rulmcn and
towards th. poJjSJ> ir^ p h u n ro * ! vi II m . pyylrivhn^ht \ llow , -lores a n ^ ^ S 'd u l l greenish; legs and
fe.Ct-.yellowish green j 'nltjamradge : 't Uws p|T e horn7(:olQur^ld^^Me dark; anterior plates o f the toes
'Bluislirljlack. |
TKe fig p f about three-fourths o f the natural size.