. Illustrations of ornithology . her respects the bird seemed inmature plumage ; the head, neck, and long feathers overhanging the breast,are white, tinged with warm purplish-grey, which assumes a darker shadeon the crown and on the back of the neck; the fore part of the neckis marked with irregularly placed black spots ; the back, belly, and underwing-coverts are deep bluish-black, paler underneath, and with the centreof each feather white in the line of the shaft; feathers on the sides of thebreast, and the long narrow pointed scapulars, of a deep purplish-red,having a brown tinge; in the fo
. Illustrations of ornithology . her respects the bird seemed inmature plumage ; the head, neck, and long feathers overhanging the breast,are white, tinged with warm purplish-grey, which assumes a darker shadeon the crown and on the back of the neck; the fore part of the neckis marked with irregularly placed black spots ; the back, belly, and underwing-coverts are deep bluish-black, paler underneath, and with the centreof each feather white in the line of the shaft; feathers on the sides of thebreast, and the long narrow pointed scapulars, of a deep purplish-red,having a brown tinge; in the former, the shafts are white, in the latter, ARDEA PACIFICA. some of the tips assume a grey tinge; the wing-coverts are a shining black-ish-green ; the bend and edge of the wing a pure white; the quills andtail are black, with greenish reflections ; the upper mandible of the bill,and legs, seem to be black ; the under mandible black at the point, with agreen base ; the irides, by both Latham and Wagler, are said to be palered. - yu,-n^a -_r /„._,/■/,,//.j 91.
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