. The birds of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature ... . ( 34 ) ORD. I. GEN. II. HERON. SPE. III. NIGHT HERON. PL 146. Ardea nycticorax. Lin. Syft. I. p. 235. Le Bihoreau. Brif. Orn. V. p. 493. The male of this fpecies is a very elegant bird, about twenty inches in length. The bill is ftout and blackiih, except at the bale, where it is yellow : the eyes are orange coloured: the crown and back part of the head black: from the latter hang three flender feathers, five or fix inches long: the upper part of the back is of a dull blackifh green: the l
. The birds of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature ... . ( 34 ) ORD. I. GEN. II. HERON. SPE. III. NIGHT HERON. PL 146. Ardea nycticorax. Lin. Syft. I. p. 235. Le Bihoreau. Brif. Orn. V. p. 493. The male of this fpecies is a very elegant bird, about twenty inches in length. The bill is ftout and blackiih, except at the bale, where it is yellow : the eyes are orange coloured: the crown and back part of the head black: from the latter hang three flender feathers, five or fix inches long: the upper part of the back is of a dull blackifh green: the lower part, rump, wings, and tail, pale afh colour : the forehead, neck, belly, and thighs, white : the legs yellow- ifh green. In the female the crown of the head is glofiy brown: the upper parts of the body the fame, inclining to grey, as is the body in general in different fhades, and each feather dalhed down the fhaft with yellowifh white: the quills and tail allien grey, tipped with white. This bird has been very feldom met with in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lewin, William, d. 1795.
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