30.
V a R. B.
D e sc rip tion.
P l a c e ,
31.
SPOTTED H,
D e s c r i p t io n .
Le Butor tachete d'Amerique, Brif. On. v. p. 464. 32.
L’Etoile, Buf. Oif. vii. p, +28.
A fmall Bittern, Jtaii Sjm. p. ,89. 4.-Sloan Jam. p. 31;. pi. 263. fig, 2.
Crab-catcher, Brown Jam. p. 478.
Brown Bittern, Catejb. Car. i. pi. 78.
Lev. Muf.
L E N G T H twenty inches. Bill greenilh black, beneath pale
green : lore naked, and of the fame colour : irides gold-co-
our. general colour of the plumage brown ; paleft beneath :
wings fpotted with white: tail of a blueilh alh-colour: legs
greenilh yellow. &
This inhabits Jamaica, Carolina, and other parts o f North
America. We believe it to be a mere variety of the firft-de-
fcribed, and a female o f the Green; having received all of them
from Jamaica and North America. They certainly differ, as Briffon
has defcnbed them; but by comparifon no one can fail of beino-
of the opinion here advanced. °
Le Bator tacheté, ou le Pouacre, Brif. On. v. p. 462. Si .-B u f . Oif. vii
P. 4*7- , • ■ ; -
Der Schwartze reiger, Frifch. ii. pi. g.
g j I Z E of a Crow: length eighteen inches and a quarter. Bill
brown; beneath greenilh yellow: lore naked, greenilh: gene
ral colour brown, paleft beneath: the upper parts fpotted with
white, except the lower part of the back, which is plain : quills
deep brown, marked with white at the tips : tail plain brown •
legs greenilh brown.
This frequents the marfhes; feeds on frogs and fijh. 6
Le Pouacre de Cayenne, PL Enl. 939.
Gardenian Heron, Ar£l. Zool. N° 35,5 ?
Lev* Muf.
twenty-two inches. Bill ftrong, dulky: it differs in having the
ground of the plumage more inclined to black on the back : the
fore parts whitilh, dafhed with brown.
This inhabits Cayenne, and has alfo been fent from South Carolina.
Le Heron cendré d’Amerique, Bri/ Orn.y. p. 406. 6.
Le Crabier cendré, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 401.
*. T R I F L E bigger than thelaft. Bill two inches and a half
long, blue with a black tip : bare fpace between the bill and
eye blue: the head, and all the upper parts, are pale alh-colour :
the wing coverts mixed with black : the under parts of the body
are white : quills part black, part white : legs blueilh.
Inhabits America.
Le Crabier noir, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 394.
Crabier de la Nouvelle Guinée, PL Enl. 926.
L E N G T H ten inches. Bill brown : between that and the
eye bare and greenilh : irides yellow : the general colour of
the plumage black.
This fpecies is found at New Guinea-
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GARDENIAN H.
Pl a c e .
33'
CINEREOUS H.
D e s c r i p t io n .
P la ce .
34*
NEW GUINEA
H.
D e s c r i p t io n .
P l a c e .