. Birds of the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain; Birds -- Ireland. 286 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 36uff*bacfeeb ^^t_ The Buff-backed Heron {Ardea biibuleus^ Audouin) is an exceedingly rare abnormal spring and autumn migrant to the British Isles. It inhabits Southern Europe and Africa, but is met with in the south-western parts of Asia. The adult male in summer has the plumage of the head, neck, breast, and the elongated filamentous feathers of plumes, rusty-buff; remainder of plumage, white; irides, yellowish- pink ; bill, reddish at base, yellow at tip; legs, yellowish ; lores,

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. Birds of the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain; Birds -- Ireland. 286 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 36uff*bacfeeb ^^t_ The Buff-backed Heron {Ardea biibuleus^ Audouin) is an exceedingly rare abnormal spring and autumn migrant to the British Isles. It inhabits Southern Europe and Africa, but is met with in the south-western parts of Asia. The adult male in summer has the plumage of the head, neck, breast, and the elongated filamentous feathers of plumes, rusty-buff; remainder of plumage, white; irides, yellowish- pink ; bill, reddish at base, yellow at tip; legs, yellowish ; lores, yellow. Length, from eighteen to twenty inches. The female resembles the male, but is rather less, and the plumes are 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 Duncan, John, of Newcastle upon Tyne. London : W. Scott

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