. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . e lore greenish-yellow ;iris orange-yellow. The feathers on the top of the head areblack, some reflected with green : a black line runs down theback of the neck, and another from the posterior angle of themouth down the sides of the neck, for more than half itslength ; the front of the neck is streaked with black, white,and purplish-red. The feathers of the lower part of the neckare acuminated and long, of a pale grey, white, and purplecolour intermixed; the cheeks and neck are rich reddish-brown, 148 ARDEID-fc. the chin and throat pu
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . e lore greenish-yellow ;iris orange-yellow. The feathers on the top of the head areblack, some reflected with green : a black line runs down theback of the neck, and another from the posterior angle of themouth down the sides of the neck, for more than half itslength ; the front of the neck is streaked with black, white,and purplish-red. The feathers of the lower part of the neckare acuminated and long, of a pale grey, white, and purplecolour intermixed; the cheeks and neck are rich reddish-brown, 148 ARDEID-fc. the chin and throat pure white. The shoulders are adornedwith feathers of a rich purple ; the breast purplish-red : theedges of the wings are white. The back, wing-coverts, andtail are grey: the scapulars are long, and of a deep lavender ;the belly greyish and black. The tibia, hinder part of thetarsus, and under parts of the toes are yellow ; the front of thetarsus and upper parts of the toes are egg figured 165 is that of the Purple Heron. i6s •- • i64. 165
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