Plate CCLXXXI. Male.
Bill, tibiæ, and hind part of tarsi yellow; anterior part of the
latter and toes dull green; feathers of the head elongated,
lanceolate, and loose, of the back not much elongated; plumage
entirely pure white.
_Male_, 54, 83. _Female_, 50, 75.
Resident in the Southern Florida Keys. Texas. Never seen to the
eastward of Cape Florida, nor on the mainland. Common.
Great White Heron, Ardea occidentals, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii.
p. 542; v. v. p. 596.