430 BOTAURUS COMATUS. 



been honoured with a visit, and even in the Green Isle only 

 one has been met with. 



Young. — According to M. Temminck, " the young, be- 

 fore the age of two years, are without the long occipital 

 feathers ; the whole of the head, the neck, and the wing- 

 coverts are brownish-red, with large longitudinal spots of a 

 deeper tint ; throat, rump, and tail pure white ; feathers of 

 the wings white on the inner Avebs, but grey externally and 

 toward the end ; upper part of the back and scapulars of a 

 more or less deep brown ; upper mandible brown and 

 greenish, lower greenish-yellow; bare skin about the eyes 

 green ; feet greenish -grey ; iris very pale yellow." 



