Jan., igoq. Birds of Illinois axd Wisconsin — Corv. 



365 



Least Bittern. 



81. Ixobrychus neoxenus (Cory). 



Cory's Least Bittern.''' 

 Ardetta neoxena Cory, A. 0. U. Check List, 1895, p. 70. 

 The type of this species was taken in the marshes southwest of 



*When I described this bird in i8S6, I gave it no English name, simply calling it neovrwa 

 (new and strange). The committee of the American Ornithologists' Union have since honored me 

 by giving it my name. 



