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The Night-Raven. Ardea cinerea minori
Numb. LXVII.
i T is fomewhat lefs than the common Hern and hath a ihorter-
Neck; its Bill is of a yellowiih green towards the Bafe; the Point
and upper Side of the upper Mandible black, the Noflrils oblong; the
Irides of the Eyes of an orange Colour; the green Colour from the Bill
encompailes the back Part of the Eyes ending in a Point; a white Line
is extended from the Bill round the green; the Crown of the Head is .
black, from the hinder part of which it hath a Creft of three white-
Feathers, five Inches long hanging down over the Back, whereby it differs
from all other Birds; the upper fide of the Neck is of a pale yellowiih .
brown j the Chin white, the under fide of the Neck, Breaft, and Belly
whitiih with a faint Tindture of brown; the Wings and Tail dark Afh-
colour, the Edges of the Feathers of a ierrugineous red Colour; the
Back of a dark green, inclining to a black; the Legs and Feet yellow,,
and bare about an Inch above the Knees; the outmoft Toe conneded
with the middle one by an intervening Membrane from the Divarication to-
the firft Joint; the Claw of the middle Toe ferrate on the inner fide,,
as in the common Hern.
It hath a great Gall, a large Stomach glandulous within but not fieihy
or mufculous, in which was found the Shells of Beetles; in the middle.,
of the Bone, called the M erry-7 bought, is an Appendix. This Bird,
builds in high Trees near Sevenhuys in Holland, and lays white Eggs.,,
I was obliged to Sir Thomas Lowther for this curious Bird,, and fe-
veral others.
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