Heron
Ad.-Crown white, generally washed with buffy; ear-coverts white; rest of the head and throat black; neck, breast, and belly blue-gray; back the same; the lengthened interscapulars, scapulars, and wing-coverts streaked with black; two or three black and white rounded occipital plumes; lores greenish yellow; legs greenish. Im. -Crown black, the feathers streaked with white or buffy; rest of the upper parts, including wing-coverts, fuscous-brown with wedge-shaped buffy or white spots; primaries dark bluish slate-color without rufous; under parts white or buffy streaked with blackish. L., 23.00; W., 12.00; Tar., 3.75; B., 3.00.