278 GREEN HE®©M,.
Length tQ'smt'Of .tail 17§ inch®, te end irf wings to end«f claps
24, te carpal joint. U j ; extent of'wiiig,s 27 ; wing from flexure 7|
tail 3f ; bill along tin.' ridge along •tl.ie edge off Lower mandible 3|
bare part of tibia ; tarsps 2 ; hind iafc.'j,.;its claw 4 ; middle toe
its elaw «¡j^nner toe I f , its elan- \ outer tee.lt, its ,claw {. Weight
The Eemaje is considerably smaller, but otherwise similar.
Length to end of tail 17 inches, to end of swings, 17, to and, of,daws
21| ; extent of witegs,25. Weight 6} oz. • .
Young f„|ly Hedged. Plato CCCXXXIII.
The bill dull greyish-green, lower mandible lighter ; bare space
around Iho eye .greenish-blue, with the exception nf a streak of yellow at
the upper part.. Iris yellow. Feet groeniih,.yol,lw»., dullpr than in ¿.tie
adult. The: hind » p t light br<m;msh-red, the; ¿fejé part of the neck
and all the; .under parts whito, longitudinally streaked with brownishred,
Slime of the: long «feathers on the sides of the uej:k also white. At
this age there are no elongated ¡"i-athcrs on the .back, which is greenishblue,
as well as the scapulars, and tail-feathers. Wing as in the adult,
but the smaller feathers on its anterior part more red, | | e coverts with a
small triangular tip of white, and the quills narrowly tipped and lmir
gined with the same.
Length to end of tol 17.! inches, to end ¡of wings 17, to end of daws
23 ; extent of wings 25. Weight tij oz.
The roof of the month is anteriorly a little concave, with a mediap
prominent line ; the palate convex ; the lower j aw with a kind tfjoiat
about an inch from the base, its intercrurai membrane or skin very oxtensile.
The tongue is inch long* very slender, trigonal, emarginate
at the base, with a..gi>oo.ve along the middle, and pointed, • I n t e r i o r apertures
of nares limait, f inch long. CEsophagus, a, i c, 10 inchgs long,
its walls .delicate, its diameter at the upper part 1„> inch,: gradually contracting
to inch at its iwitrnma* into the thorax. The lobes of the liver
unequal, the right 1 inch 5 twelfths long, the left 11 twelfths ; the gallbladder
large, 7 twelfths long. The stcanach, e, d, is membranous, -of an
•oblong form, -9 twelfths long, 10 twelfths in brèadtb ; its fendons ellipg
r e e n heron.
M B P M ™ 1 I Q H H The nroventriculus, oc, 9 twelfths long,
tical, 5 twelfths by 3 twelfths, me prove mf f z r -
with a complete b^lt, of oHong glandules, a, g g
There, is a small roundish pyloric lobe
Intestine, / , g, 2 feet 11 .inches long, WL ' '-
diameter uniform, 1 twelfth, or about the '
thiclmess.rf a grow?s iSpiS- Bectum-en, Kj g g p f "
larged.te 3 twelfths', and 3.; inches long, . ^ ^ ^ • f c j j j j j l
l® cceealexfcL'imity tbliriM,1'SttieilfMit^ jH ^ H f
-'j4i<- tf:>tihrtHs 7 j ihche's'toifs. «'¡' »'ear '' l ^ B W ,
lVnSiifoWnffiaiiH-Wr, u f m ' ^ g 2 twelfths:
ttu^finfes 1<»0, nearly eiTCiiViii- ainl »ssffied.
TUe'UttmtHiisil half-ring's about 18. The E J
lateral Muscles aire ve'ry inconspicuous ; fcl ,
¿tei-no-ttrtcli'eate'; and a pair of inferior : K |
laryngeal, goiing to, 'tie fast Voncliial . ^A
'The 'Herons giincrally 'differ from the *
other Grail® in having Hie oesophagus ,, 'Kg^P^
much wider "and similar to that of the *— • H H M N I
fish-eating palmipedes; the stomach in
a miumor membranous, like that of the
pacibns laml birds, without lateral muscles
or strong epithelium; the "intestine e^- ,
tremely slender, and. the anterior extremity
"of the targe intestine or rectum fur
nished witli a .single ««cum, in .plane of two, as in almost all other
birds.