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1673. Jacobaeus, O. [Canalis alimentornm Ardeae cum duplici ductu pancreatico.] 

 < BarthoUni Ada Hafn., ii, 1673, p. 242. 

 Non nobis obvius : titulua e Caro ct Engelmanno. 

 1683. MijRalt, J. DE. Ardeae [Botauri] stellaris examinatio. <^ Ephem. Acad. Nat. 

 Cur., Dec. ii, Cent. Auu. ii, 1GS3, (1G98), pp. 60, 61. 

 Hand mihi obvia: titulus e Caro at Engelmanno. 



1727. Valentixi, M. B. Ardeae [Botauri] stellaris anatome. <^ Act. Acad. C(BS. Leop. 



Car. Xat. Cur., i, 1727, pp. 283, 284. 

 Xon mihi obvium : titulus e Caro et Engelmanno. 

 1776. Otto, B. C. Anmarkniugar om Rotdrommen, Ardea Stellaris. <^Phy8iogr. 

 SalM: Handh, i, 1776, pp. 305-310. 

 Xot seen. 

 1731. [WuRMB, F. van.] De kleine witte Eeiger van 't Eiland Java. <^ VerTi. Bo- 

 tar. Genootsch., iii, 1781 , j). 376. 



This is the original date : there is a reissue of the same Verhandlungen much later (1824) ; 

 I have only seen the latter. 



1782. Mattuschka, H. G., Gra/rore. Ueber die FischreLbier [Ardea cinerea]. <^Schrift. 

 (1. Berlin. Ges. nat. Fr., iii, 1782, pp. 411-414. 

 Xicht mil- selbst zuganglich : Titel aus Carus nnd Engelmann. 

 1792. BOSC, L. Ardea gularis. <^Actes de la Soc. d'Uist. Xat. de Paris, i.pte. i, 1792, 

 p. 4, pi. 2. 

 Pas vue moi-m6me. 

 1804. Afzelius, a. Ardea atricapilla En ny Fogel ifran Sierra Leoue, dar funnen 

 och beskrifveu, . . . <^Kongl. Vetens. Acad. XyaHandl.,-Kx.v,l80i, ])]). 264-2^. 



1824. [WuRMB, F. VAX ] De Kleine witte Reiger van het eiland Java. <^ Verhandl. 

 Batav. Genootsch. Kunsb. en Wetens., Tweede Druk, iii, 1824, pp. 239-242. 

 Orig. ed. of these Verhandlungen, this vol., 1781. 

 1829. Axon. The Great American Bittern. <^ Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1829, T[i.6i. 

 Botaurus leutiginosus — or Nyctiardea gardeni 7 Note of a supposed power of emitting light 

 from its breast. 

 1829. Eexxie, J. [On the Heather-bluiter (Ardea [Botaurus] stellaris, Liun.) of the 



Scotch. ] < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., i, 1829, p. 495. 

 1829. "R. A." Feet and Legs of the common Heron [Ardea cinerea]. <^Loudon'8 

 Mag. Xat. Hist., ii, 1829, p. 206. 

 "With note on the probably luminous powder-dowu feathers of the breast, and their purpose. 



1631. Blaxd, M. Habits of the Bittern [Botaurus stellaris]. <^ Loudon's Mag. Nat. 



Hist., iv, 1831, pp. 464, 465. 

 1831. Breh.m, C. L. Eine naturgeschichtliche Anfrage. <^ Oken's Isis, Bd. xxiv, 1831, 



p. 273. 

 Tunken aus Keiherfedern. 



1831. Yarrell, W. [On the Identity of Ardea gardeni and A. nycticorax.] <^ P. Z. 

 ^.,1,1831, p. 27. 



1833. Chalmers, M. Acts of the Heron and of the Peahen. <^ Loudon's Mag. Nat, 



Hist., vi, 1833, pp. 515, 516. 



1834. "J. ,G." A common Heron [Ardea cinerea]. <^ Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., vii, 



1834, pp. 513, 514. 

 On disgorging of the contents of the stomach when disturbed. 



1835. "0." The Night Heron (A'rdea Nycticorax L.). <^Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., 



viii, 1835, pp. 509, 510. 



