Genus I.--Ardea, Linn. Heron


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Birds of America

By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.

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GENUS I.--ARDEA, Linn. HERON.

Night Herons. Bill slightly longer than the head, stout, tapering, compressed, with the upper outline somewhat curved; legs of moderate length, bare part of tibia short; neck thick; body full; features of the neck elongated and curved backwards.




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