Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. / Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together With Observations on the Manners of the Indians.

by William Bartram

ARDEA. The Heron.

¶ Ardea Herodias; the great bluish grey crested heron.

❁ A. immaculata; the great white river heron.

❁ A. alba minor; the little white heron.

‡ A. purpurea cristata; the little crested purple or blue heron.

❁ A. varia cristata; the grey white crested heron.

‡ A. maculata cristata; the speckled crested heron, or crabcatcher.

❁ A. mugitans; the marsh bittern, or Indian hen.

❁ A. clamator, corpore subcæruleo; the quaw bird, or frogcatcher.

‡ A. subfusca stillata; the little brownish spotted bittern.