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YELLOW.
CROWNED H.
Description.
Le Crabier du Brelil, Brif. Orn. v. p. 479. 40.
~" chalybe, B u fO if vii. p. 404,
Ardeola brafilienfis Marcgr. Bait Syn. p. i o i . 18.
A fmall brafilian Bittern of Marcgrave, Will. Orn. p. 285.
T H1S is i'carce as big as a Pigeon: length fixteen inches. The
bill two inches and a half long, dulky, the under part
white : irides, and bare Ikin round the eyes, yellow : the general
colour of the plumage is black, with a polilhed fteel glofs, mixed
with a little brown on the head, and brown and yellowifh on
the back, with the addition of alh-colour on the wing coverts:
all the under parts are white, variegated with cinereous and
pale yellow feathers : the quills are greenilh, with a white fpot
near the tips : the tail the fame, but not marked with white:
legs yellow.
This inhabits Brafil, and is a ftately fpecies, walking eredt: it
is by the natives called Cocoi.
Ardea violacea, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 238. 16.
Le Crabier de Bahama, Brif. Orn. v. p. 481. 41.
----------- ■ gris-de-fer, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 393.
Ardea csrulea, Rail Syn. p. 189. 2.— Sloan. Jam. p. 314. pi. 264.
rey-crefted Gaulding, Brown Jam. p. 478.
Crefted Bittern, Cateji. Car. i. pi. 7g__ArB. 7.ool. N» 352,
fifteen inches and a half: weight half a pound.
• • j T " e -T near tW° lnches and three quarters long, and black :
indes redj the bare lkin round them green: crown of the head
yellow, ending in a creft, which elongates into four or five white
eathers, the longeft near fix inches; the reft of the head is
blue black; on each fide is a white ftreak from the corner of the
mouth,
H E R O N.
mouth, tending towards the hind head : the back ftreaked black
and white; and from the lower part are long narrow feathers,
which hang over the tail, as in many of the Heron genus : the
whole of the under parts, from the chin to the vent, is of a dulky
blue : the quills are blueilh brown : tail dull blue: legs yellow
: claws dulky.
This fpecies is found in Carolina, in the rainy feafon ; but at
the Bahama IJlands they breed among the rocks, in the bullies
on the banks: at this laft place they are called Crab-catchers;
and are in fo great plenty, that one may load a boat with the
young ones in a few hours; being fo far from Ihy, that they
will fcarce get out of the way of thofe who mean to take them.
They are accounted pretty good eating.
Le Crabier roux à tête & queue vertes, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 407.
Crabier de la Louifiane, PI. En/. 909.— Ar8. Zool. N° 350.
J ^ E N G T H fixteen inches. Bill dulky: lore pale yellow:
top of the head of a deep green, and lengthened into a creft
at the nape : the reft of the head and neck rufous ; the fore part
of it white, marked with long rufous fpots : the back cinereous,
with a tinge of purple, and the feathers long and narrow : the
belly rufous brown : wing coverts dull green, with fulvous edges :
quills blackilh, many of them tipped with white : tail blackilh
green : legs yellow : claws black.
Inhabits Louijiana.
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