British zoology . herefore we mud give Mr. JVilhighbfs * Kramer Blench, anim, Auftria, 348. account 4*8 WHITE HERON. Class II. account of it. The length to the end of the feet isfifty-three inches and a half, to that of the tailonly forty; the breadth fixty inches; the weightforty ounces. The bill is yellowifh; the naked fkin betweenthat and the eyes green ; the edges of the eye-lids,and the irides, are of a pale yellow; the legs areblack ; the inner edge of the middle claw ferrated :the whole plumage is of a fnowy whitenefs. Thisbird is very common in many parts of Europe;Turner fays, that in
British zoology . herefore we mud give Mr. JVilhighbfs * Kramer Blench, anim, Auftria, 348. account 4*8 WHITE HERON. Class II. account of it. The length to the end of the feet isfifty-three inches and a half, to that of the tailonly forty; the breadth fixty inches; the weightforty ounces. The bill is yellowifh; the naked fkin betweenthat and the eyes green ; the edges of the eye-lids,and the irides, are of a pale yellow; the legs areblack ; the inner edge of the middle claw ferrated :the whole plumage is of a fnowy whitenefs. Thisbird is very common in many parts of Europe;Turner fays, that in his time this fpecies bred(though rarely) in the fame places with the com-mon fort: but we believe it to be feldom foundwith us at prefent, any more than the fmall fpeciesof crefted white heron mentioned by Leland^ un-der the name of Egritte, in one of the bills of farein the magnificent feafts of our anceftors *. * Lelands colletfanea, Vol. 6. L Aigrette. Brijfon a<v,V- 43• bi: pi. Lxiir 7WJ76 f7h C iHLEWT,. Class IL CURLEW. 429 BILL long, (lender, linear, placed near the ihort, fharp connected as far as the firft joint by allrong membrane. , Le Ccrlieu. Belon av. , five numenius. Gef- ner a<v. Torquato. Aldr. av. III. , cm. fyn. av. Courly. Brijjbn av. V. 3- GoifTer,Brach-icknepf. Kram, 350. Frifch, II. arquata. Lin. fyjl. Suec. /p. Heel-fpove. Regn. Spa- aer. Regn. Spove. Brunnicb9 Zoo/. 118. 176. Cur- LEW. THESE birds frequent our fea coafts andmarfhes in the winter time in large flocks,walking on the open fands; feeding on iriells,frogs, crabs, and other marine infects: in fummerthey retire to the mountanous and unfrequentedparts of the country, where they pair and eggs are of a pale olive color, marked withirregular but diftincl: fpots of pale brown. Theirflefh. is very rank and fifhy, notwithstanding anold Engli
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