134 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



SUBORDER HERODII. HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS, ETC. 



FAMILY ARDEID-33. HERONS, BITTERNS, ETC. 



SUBFAMILY BOTATJRIN.ZE. BITTERNS. 



GENUS BOTAURUS HERMANN. 



SUBGENUS BOTAURUS. 



Botaurus HERMANN, Tabl. Affin. Anim. 1783, 135. Type, Ardea 

 stellaris LINN. 



190. Botaurus lentiginosus (MONTAG.). 



American Bittern. 



Ardea lentiginosa MONTAG. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 1813, . 

 Botaurus lentiginosus STEPH. Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 1819, 592. 



[B 492, C 460, R 497, C 666.] 



HAB. Temperate North America, south to Guatemala and the West 

 Indies. 



SUBGENUS ARDETTA GRAY. 



Ardetta GRAY, List Gen. B. App. 1842, 13. Type, Ardea minuta 

 LINN. 



191. Botaurus exilis (GMEL.). 



Least Bittern. 



Ardea exilis GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 645. 

 Botaurus exilis REICHENOW, J. f. O. 1877, 244. 



[B 491, C 461, R 498, C 667.] 



HAB. Temperate North America, from the British Provinces to 

 the West Indies and Brazil. 



