. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. AEDEIJD^ — ARDEIN2E: HERONS. 659 tigiate feathers drooping far beyond the tail; neck closely feathered. Plumage entirely white at all seasons. Bill, lores, and e
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. AEDEIJD^ — ARDEIN2E: HERONS. 659 tigiate feathers drooping far beyond the tail; neck closely feathered. Plumage entirely white at all seasons. Bill, lores, and eyes, yellow; legs and feet black. Length 36.(JO-4^.00 (not in- eluding the dorsal train, which is a foot or more longer) ; extent ; wing ; tail ; bai ; tarsus about ; tibije bare ? averaging smaller than <?. U. S. southerly, and much of W. I., C. and S. Am. ; straggling northward to Nova Scotia,. Y.,. r S» Fig. 458. — European Great Wliite Egret, Herodias alba, J nat, size. (From Brelim.) Canada, Minnesota, etc.; resident in the south. Breeds like other herons; eggs 3-t, 259. GARZET'TA. (Ital. name of a heron. Fig. 459.) Small Egret Herons. Form of the preceding, but size small; length about 2 feet. Color white; an occipital crest, and short recurved train of stiff-shafted loose-webbed feathers in the breeding season ; lower neck-feathers lengthened, depending. (See fig. of the European species, G. nivea.). 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 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. asn; Estes & Lauriat. prt; John Wilson and Son. prt. Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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