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Nycticorax stellaris, Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. fol. m. (1828). 



Botaurus lacustris, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 596 (1831). 



Botaurus arundinaceus, Brehm, t. c. p. 596. 



Butor stellaris. Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 354 (1837). 



Botaurus tarayensis, Hodys. Icon. ined. i7i Brit. Mus., Grailce, pi. 67, 

 no. 866 [nom. midum). 



The Common Bittern, Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 475 (1843). 



Ardea (Botaurus) stellaris, Schrenck, Reis. Amurl. p. 453 (1859) , 

 Radde, Reis. Sibir., Vog. p. 345 (1863). 



