On a moringa-tree near the house at Robin’s River, the young friend, to whom I am indebted for several notes, used to see the nest of a White Gaulin, consisting of sticks and twigs, and about as large as a washing-basin; but being in an enclosure, he could not examine it. He used often, in passing, to see the bird sitting in it, and looking fearlessly at the passengers; for it is close to the high-road. He described its beautiful appearance, as it sat in its unspotted purity, with its long neck gracefully bent into sigmoid curves, as it gazed hither and thither. This bird is closely allied to the following species, from which it is distinguished by the colour of the beak, lores, and feet, and by the ashy tips of the quills. BLACK-LEGGED GAULIN.[99] _Snowy Heron._—+Wils.+ _Egretta candidissima._ _Ardea candidissima_, +Gmel.+—Aud. pl. 242. _Egretta candidissima_, +Bonap.+ [99] Length 22 inches, expanse 34¹⁄₂, flexure 9¹⁄₁₀, tail 3¹⁄₁₀, rictus 3⁹⁄₁₀, tarsus 4, middle toe 2⁶⁄₁₀. (A female.) This is much more rare than the preceding species; but two specimens having fallen under my observation, both of which occurred in the middle of the winter. It is probably a migrant from the continent; the preceding, however, is a permanent resident with us. From the rarity of its occurrence, I can add nothing to Wilson’s account of this species; except that in the stomach of one I found twenty-nine small silvery fishes, a species of _Smaris_. BLUE GAULIN.[100] _Blue Crane, or Heron._—+Wils.+ _Egretta cœrulea._ _Ardea cœrulea_, +Linn.+—Aud. pl. 307. _Ardea cœrulescens_, +Lath.+ _Egretta cœrulea_, +Bonap.+ [100] Length 22 inches, expanse 37, flexure 11, tail 3⁸⁄₁₀, rictus 3⁷⁄₁₀, tarsus 4, middle toe 2⁸⁄₁₀. One cæcum, rudimentary, 2¹⁄₂ inches from cloaca.