Ardea Russata
Subtitle: buff fronted cow heron
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1874
Place of publication: [s.l.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Essays; Herons
Notes: Title from first text page.

During his trip down the Nile in Benesooef, Egypt, fourteen year old Theodore Roosevelt wrote about the ardea russata, which he identified as a buff fronted cow heron. It is also known as a cow egret.

Typescript.

"Ardea Russata. Presented by Mr. Roosevelt, Jr. April 7th, 1874." - p. [3].