Herodias alba, Lin.
924bis. :- Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 270.
THE LARGE WHITE HERON.
Wing, 17.2 ; tarsus, 7.91; bill at front, 5. Bill, yellow.
Plumage, pure white ; in the breeding season it developes a long dorsal train of decomposed feathers, extending about five inches from the end of the tail; at this season the bill is black.
This Large White Heron occurs in Sind.
BookTitle:
Handbook to the Birds of the Bombay Presidency
Reference:
Barnes, Henry Edwin. Handbook to the birds of the Bombay Presidency, 1885.
Title in Book:
Herodias alba
Year:
1885
Page No:
379
Common name:
Large White Heron
M_ID:
2315
M_CN:
Great Egret
M_SN:
Ardea alba
Term name:
id:
12093
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