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CATALOGUE OF BEITISn BIRDS. 149 



Butor miiiutus, Swains. GJassif. of B. ii. p. 354. 



Little Bittern, Mont. Om. Did. ; Bew. Brit. B. (1804) ii. p. 51, 



iig.; ISelhj, Brit. Om. ii. p. 36; Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 2. ii. p. 533, 



fig. ; id. ed. 3. ii. p. 565, fig. 

 Little Bittern Heron, Penn. Brit. Zool. (1812) ii. p. 18, pi. 4. 



PJ. Enl. 323 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 282. 



a. Devonshire. From Col. Montagu's Collection. 



fe Ltciduulmll mui ' ktil. Yomij>. FromMr. J. Bakur'isCulleciticm. 



2. BOTAURUS. 



Botaurus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p, 592 (1819). 

 Butor, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 354 (1837). 



1. BoTATJRTJS LEXTiGiNOsus. The American Bittern. 



Ardea lentiginosa, Mont. Om. Diet. S^tppl. pi. ; Leach, Syst. Cat. 



Mamm. 6f Birds in B. M. p. 33; Temrn. Man. d'Orn. iv. 



p. 381 ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 96 ; Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. An. 



p. 191 ; Eyton, Cat. Brit. B. p. 37 ; Keys. 6f Bl. Wirhelth. Eur. 



p. 80. 

 Ardea stellaris, var.. Lath. Ind. Om. ii. p. 680. 

 Botaurus freti Hudsonis, Briss. Om. v. p. 449. 

 Ai'dea minor, Wils. Amer. Om. viii. pi. 65. f. 3. 

 Butor amcricaua, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 354. 

 Ardea mokoho, Vieill. N. Diet, d'llist. Nat. xiv. p. 440. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 596; Macgill. Man. 



N. H. Om. ii. p. 124 ; G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 557. 

 Freckled Heron, Mont. Om. Diet. Supipl. 

 American Bittern, Selhy, Brit.Om. ii. p. 34; Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 2. 



ii. p. 545, fig. ; id. ed. 3. ii. p. 577, fig. 



Edwards's Birds, pi. 136; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 284. 



a. Dorsetshire. From Col. Montagu's Collection. 



b. Piddleton, Dorset. From Col. Montagu's Collection. 



2. BoTATJETTs STELLARIS. The Commou Bittern. 



Ardea stellaris, Linn. Faun.Suee. p. 58 ; Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. ^• 



Birds in B. M. p. 33; Temm. Man. crOr?*. (1815) p. 373; Flem. 



Brit. An. p.95; Naiim. Vorj. Deutschl. (1838) ix. p. 159, t.226; 



Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. An. p. 199 ; Keys. 6)- Bl. Wirhelth. 



Eur. p. 80 ; Schley. Rev. Crit. des Ois. d'Eur. p. 98. 

 Botaurus stellaris, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 593 ; Boie, Isis, 1822, 



p. 559 ; Brehm, Vby. Deutschl. p. 595 ; Eyton, Cat. Brit. B. 



p. 37 ; Pr. Bomip. Geoyr. Comp. List ofB. p. 48 ; G. R. Gray, 



Gen. of B. iii. p. 557. 

 Botaurus lacustris, Brehm, Toy. Deutschl. p. 596. 



