Tiger Heron. It was a long-legged wading bird, shorter than a Great Heron, and its neck didn’t have the characteristic "S" shape. I remember seeing it in my book as a Tiger Heron, but the colors were all wrong. It was the correct shape with its stout neck, and its bill was black on the end with a chisel point, but its throat was yellow and it had a gleaming chestnut nape and hind neck. The upper wings were blue, cyan gloss.