ARDEA

(Lat.),n. f. A3r’de?-a®, Gr., épwdids. A genus of birds of the division Ardeidæ, including the herons. [A, 359 |—A. ciconia [Linneus]. See Cicoxıa alba,—A. cinerea [Meyer.]. Ger., gemeiner Reiher, Fischreiher. The heron, a European bird furnishing axungia’ ardeæ. [B, 180.)—A. grus. The crane; its bile was formerly used as an application to wounds, and the dried head and eyes for fistule and ulcers. fe 105.]—A. major Cain See A. cinerea.—A. stellar is. The bittern; its burned skin and fe: ers were formerly used to stop hemorrhages. [L, 94.)—Axungia ardew. Ger., Reiherfett. Heron's fat; it was formerly used to relieve the pains of gout, for removing specks from the eyes, and for curing deafne , {L, 94.]