![HERODIAS PANNOSUS : Gould. [Egretta sacra. Pacific Reef Heron or Egret.]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/881034_1c45a3dd97cd49bfa6c64901ded0993f~mv2_d_2130_1434_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_660,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/881034_1c45a3dd97cd49bfa6c64901ded0993f~mv2_d_2130_1434_s_2.jpg)
Gould had trouble with this species and assigned the colour variants to different species. He called this specimen, obtained near Port Stephens, the Sombre Egret when in fact it is a darker variant of the Pacific Reef Heron.
The original letterpress description accompanies this lithograph.
Published in The Birds of Australia. 1840-1848.
Author. John Gould.
Artist. John Gould and Henry Richter.
Lithograph. Original hand colour.
Paper size. 545 mm x 365 mm.
Condition. MINT.
Acquired from the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada.