92 INDEX-CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS 



Case 



Genus. ARDETTA. 



89. Little Bittern. Ardetta minuta, (Linn.). 



No. 1 (left). Male. Shot at Blagdon, Northumberland, 



May 12th, 1810. 



Presented by Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. 



From Old Museum Collection. 



Remark. — This is the specimen from which Bewick made 



his woodcut. J. H. 



Nos. 2 and 3 (upper centre). Male. 



Both shot at Abbeville. France, about the year 1830. 

 ,, 4 (hind centre). First plumage. 



Remark. — This bird was kept alive by J. Hancock. 



,, 5 (inner left). First plumage. 



This bird was caught by a dog on the River Petterel, 



Carlisle, 1850. 



Presented by Mr. Losh. 

 ,, 6 (right). First plumage. 



Killed at Gateshead against telegraph wires, 



Oct. or Nov., 1889. 



Presented by Mr. Wm. Brack, S. Byker, June, 1891. 



Stuffed by J. Jackson. 



,, 7 and 8 (front centre). Downy state. 



Presented by Edward Bidwell, Esq., 1883. 



Genus. BOTAURUS. 



90. Bittern. Botaurus stellaris, (Linn.). 



No. 1 (left). Shot at Gosforth Lake, near Newcastle, 



Nov. 10th, 1863. 



Presented by Mrs. Eustace Smith. 



,, 2 (right). Shot at Bedlington, Northumberland, 



about 1833. 

 ,, 3 (middle). Downy state. 



Presented by Edward Bidwell, Esq., 1883. 



91. Night Heron. Nycticorax griseus, (Brisson). 



From M. Brunei of Dieppe, about the year 1830. 



