278 HERODIONES. 



Nycticorax nsevius. 



llah. ISTorthern und Central America. 



1318. Sternum of male, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. 



S. S. 14G4. Presented hijthe Smithsonian Institution. 



Nycticorax, sp, 



1319. [Skeleton. 0. C. 131b c. Stores, 1868. 



Genus BOTAURUS. 

 Brisson, Orn. v. p. 444 (1760). 



Botauras stellaris. 



Ardea stellaris, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 1, p. 239 (1766), 

 Botaurus stellaris, Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 503 (1884). 



The Common Bittern. 



Hah. Europe and Northern A&iu. 



1320. Skeleton, 0. C, 1317. South Collection. 



1321. Cranium, 0. C. 1317 b. 



1322. Sternum, with right coracoid and scapula, S. S. 1830. 



Ilunterian. 



1323. Sternum, with right scapula and furcula. 0. C. 1317 a. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. 



Ardea lentiginosa, Montagu, Orn. Diet. Suppl, (1813). 



Botaurus lentiginosus (Mont,), Baird, Brewer, & Eidgw. Water- 



Birds N, Amer. i. p, 67 (1884) ; A. 0. U.Check-1. N. Amor. B. 



p. 134 (1886). 



The American Bittern. 



Hah. Temperate North America to Central America and the 

 West Indies. 



1324. Sternum. O. C. 1317 c. 



Presented l>ji the Smithsonian Institution. 



