222 



g" . Neck-frill vinaceous ; dark stripes 



on the flanks obsolete sinensis 2 1 V' ^^7. 



d'. Inner secondaries chestnut, remainder of 

 the secondaries black with chestnut 

 tips exilis juv., p. 231. 



d. Primary-quills and secondaries black, 



tipped with rufous ; crown of head ashy 

 ochreous, with a broad central line of 

 black invohwris cj 5 j P- 235. 



e. Primary-quills uniform cinnamon. 



e'. Back uniform cinnamon-brown, like the 



head cinnamomea 5 , p. 236. 



/'. Back and wing-coverts thickly mottled 



with ochreous spots ; head blackish. . cinnamomea juv., p. 286. 



1. Ardetta minuta. 



The Little Brown Bittern, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Gleanings, ii. p. 135, 



pi. 275 (1760). 

 Le Blonoios, Briss. Orn. v. p. 497, pi. 40. fig. 1 (1760) ; J5uf. Hist 



Nat. Ois. vii. p. 395 (1780). 

 Le Blongios tachet^, Briss. Orn. v. p. 500, pi. 40. fig. 2 (1760). 

 Ardea minuta, Linn. Sgst. Nat. i. p. 240 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 646 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 683 (1790) ; Pull. Zoogr. 



Ro.iso-Asiat. ii. p. 128 (1811) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 684 



(1820) ; Licht. Verz. Dnubl. p. 78 (1823) ; Vieill. Enc. Mith. iii. 



p. 1126 (1823) ; Bou.r, Orn. Prov. pis. 322, 323 (1825) ; Werner, 



Atlas, Coureurs, pi. 29 (1827); Wagl. Sgst. Av., Ard>iP,^. 193, 



sp. 42 (1827) ; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. ix. p. 194, Taf. 227 (1838) ; 



Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 383 (1840) ; Crespon, Orn. Gard, p. 390 



(1840) ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 263 (1840) ; 



Selys-Longch. Favn. Beige, p. 133 (1842) ; Schl. Bev. Crit. p. xcix 



(1844) ; Milhle, Orn. Griechenl. p. 115 (1844) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. 



p. 556 (1847) ; Kjferh. Damn. Fugle, Taf. xxxii. fig. 4, Suppl. 



Taf. xiv. fig. 2 (1852) ; Schl. Vog. Nederl. pis. 196, 197 (1854) ; 



Lindermayer, Voc/. Griechenl. p. 152 (I860) ; Sundev. Sv. Fogl. 



pi. 76. figs. 1,2 (18.56-72); Gray, Cat. Brit. B. p. 148 ("1863); 



Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ardeje, p. 37 (1863) ; Wright, Ibis, 1864, 



p. 143 (Malta: migrant); Borc/gr. Vogelf. Norddeutschl. p. 123 



(1869) ; Droste, Vot/elw. Borlnnt, p. 255 (1869) ; Finsch ^ Hartl. 



Vog. Ostafr. p. 705'(1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 31, no. 10148 



(1871) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. Abth. i. p. 1076 (1873 : Egypt; 



Chartum ; Tana Lake ; Abvssinia ; Dongola ; Lower White Nile ; 



Blue Nile) ; Fallon, Ois. Belg. p. 162 (1875) ; Madardsz, Erlaut. 



Ausst. Unqar. Vogelf. p. 106 (1891) ; Frivaldsky, Av. Hung. 



p. 132 (1891). 

 Blongios de Suisse, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. viii. pi. 323. 

 Little Bittern, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 65 (1785) ; Yarr. Brit. 



B. ii. p. 469 (1843). 

 Botaurus minutus, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 559 ; Gould, B. Eur. iv. 



pi. 282 (1837) ; Hewifs. Eggs Brit. B. ii. p. 277, pi. Ixxvi. fig. 1 



(1846) ; Thomps. B. Irel. li'. p. 159 (1850) ; Macqill. Brit. B. iv. 



p. 423 (1852); R. Gray, B. West Scot/., p. 278 (1871) ; Hnrting, 



Handb. Br. B. p. 57 (1872); &helley, B. Eqypt, p. 271 (1872); 



Reichen. J. f. O. 1877, p. 243 ; Seebo'hm, Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 510, 



pi. 38 (1884). 



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