inter-scapulars, and back, ' nearly black, glossed, with green ;
wings,' wing-GO verts, all the quill-feathers,'1 secondaries, ter-
tials, and tail-feathers, ash greyj =. throat' and neck. almost
white, passing int^ dull greyish white on the sides ; breast,
belly, thighs, flanks, and'under fad-coverts, nearly pure white
legs,andvto.es green ; the 'clawsfdaek.
Adult males"and fenjales differ but little ip,-colour. teShS
whole length, from dhe-rffnint of the ;bpak' to the end >of 'the
tail, about;twentyfhree inches*»: from” the carpal joint $ 0- the
end of the;,wing twelyeivinch§s & the first and fourth quill-
feathers equal injdength, and a little - shorter than, the. third
feafher ; thye^ second feather ”therlongest in thh wingk^
The young bright Heron.has th ^^pper mandible ,jof 4he
beak of a darkrbrownj thc^dge^n each side-lighter hi colour,
and, like the under mandible; and the, mak^d^skin around the
eyes; of as j^Xe;rgreenish brown; th§ ifides .-b^wn ^ n o
gated occipital pluipes^f th ^^ o p of dhe head, back of the
neck, inter-scapulars, shoulders^ wing,- n nd'«r^ ^q^ er,t^ clove
h?0^n, the centre of each '.feathert bein.g paih^m>^yhrnwn.r
extendlng j^ ifh e tip,;-but. bounded On the gid^s,?with 'darker
bro.wn; all the primaries, secondaries, and terfiah, ^jjpye
broWn, tipped-with pale wood-brown f. rump^and upper tail-
-cqverts, a mixture of ashtgrey&pme; brown, and'^oyelibftdwn ;
tail-feathers greyish brown ; chin, throat,”nick in front, breast,
and undfer^siirface -of the body, dull white,-with elongated
patches of greyish brown; legs and ;toes brown, tjn-gedjwith
green, claws dark; brown.
The plumage <*|ibe Night Heron when ip change Mtj&e,en;
th ep two states, has been already referred to .as exhibiting fhe
brown spotted wing of .the-young Ijird'with the bi^nk ,head-
and ash-enlnMcd j back jOf the jadult-. ,
g r a l l a t o r e s . ARDEIDJE.
T H E W H IT E STORK.
Ardea ciconia, , White 5tQrfc| M,o;ntag'u, Ornith. Diet.
P R * '• The - . ,f v ■* Bewtckv Blit. Birds, vol. ii. p. ’5.
■Gieonia alba, White ,, Flem. Britv An. p, 97.. I
$ -a ,, Selby > Brit. Ornith. vol. ii,-p. 45.
, >>* i t Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 192.
, , , , , , M Gould, B i r d s o f E u r o p e , p t . v i.
,, ,, Cfoogw,blqn<th£9,\[iMVL. Map.4’Ornith- yoJ. ii. p. 560.
Generic Cha+eU&rs.-^-iS&k 'Woger than the lie&d, straight, strong,1
apd pointed. |Cii|gjS3iJ§tfpv^!^d the .horny” substance. Eyes;