The Blew Heron.
Numb. L X X IX .
TH IS Bird was of the bignefs of the common Heron,
its Weight four Pound; its length from the tip of
the Bill to the end of the Feet three Foot ten Inches. Its
Bill was five Inches and a half long, of a fine yellow Colour,
the upper Mandible a little hooked at the Point.
The top of the Head and Creft of a blewilh Lead Colour,
from the Bill and under the Eyes to the back part of the
Head white.
The Neck, Back, Breaft, Belly and Thighs are blew-
iih ; the Scapular and covert Feathers of the Wings of a
paler blew; the Quill-Feathers are black, their exterior
Edges blew: The Legs and Feet are of a duiky yellow,
the Toes long, the outermoft Foretoes joyned to the mid-
dlemoft by a Membrane; the Edge of the middle Claw
is cerate.
This Bird I faw at a Gentleman's at Ponder's Kndy who
looked on it as a curious Bird not common.
