. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 14 ALTRICIAL GRALLATOllES — IIERODIONES. :il'r llilir: II. 1835, 87 ; V. 1839, 599, pi. 211 ; Syiiop. 1839, 205 ; H. Am. VI. 1843, 122, pi. 369. — Baiiih, IJ. N. Am. 1858, (308; Cat. N. Am. U. 1859, no. 487. — ('ol-es, Koy, 1872, 207; Check ;t, 1873, no. 449 ; 2d eel. 1882, no. 655 ; Binls N. W. 1874, 517. — liiuow. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 487. Ardea Undsonias, LiNX. S. N. I. 1766, 238. Had. Tlio whole of North ami Middle Aincrica, I'xcpptin^ Arctic districts; north to 's Bay, "
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 14 ALTRICIAL GRALLATOllES — IIERODIONES. :il'r llilir: II. 1835, 87 ; V. 1839, 599, pi. 211 ; Syiiop. 1839, 205 ; H. Am. VI. 1843, 122, pi. 369. — Baiiih, IJ. N. Am. 1858, (308; Cat. N. Am. U. 1859, no. 487. — ('ol-es, Koy, 1872, 207; Check ;t, 1873, no. 449 ; 2d eel. 1882, no. 655 ; Binls N. W. 1874, 517. — liiuow. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 487. Ardea Undsonias, LiNX. S. N. I. 1766, 238. Had. Tlio whole of North ami Middle Aincrica, I'xcpptin^ Arctic districts; north to 's Bay, " Fur Couiitrie.'*," and Sitka ; south to New Uranada, Venezuela, and the Galapagos ; Bermu- das, and throughout the West Indies. Sp. Char. Adult: Length, about 42.(M)-.')(».(K); e.\teiit, ; weight, .') to 8 pounds. Fore- head and central feathers of tlie crown pure white ; sides of crown and wliole of the occiput, including the long plumes, blue-black. C'iiiu, throat, and malar region pure white. Ncrk lavender-gray, fading gradually above into the white of cheeks and throat. Foreneck with a narrow medial series of iilack and ferruginous dashes witii white ; lower neck-plumes pule lavender-gray. Lateral jugular tufts uniform blue-black ; breast and abdomen black, almost uni- I'll . ;, >!*. *-4liil,ll!! form laterally, but the middle feathers with broad medial .stripes of white. Crissum white, the feathers sometimes edged witli rufous. Tibial feathei-s deep chestnut-rufous, not growing conspicu- ously paler toward the body. Upper parts fine slate-blue, the dorsal and scapular plumes jjalcr, more pearl-gray, — the lightness of the tint proportionate to the length of the plume ; remigcs black, the inner .secondaries growing gradually more slaty, so that the innermost are scarcely darker than the tertials. Tail deep slate-blue, a shade darker than the tertials. Entire bonier of the wing, from the armpit to the metacarpo-phalangeal joint, rich purpli
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