BOTAURUS STELLARIS.—B. LENTIGINOSUS. 467 
[§ 5249. Three.—Holland, 1860. From Mr. J. Baker. 
All from one nest, but not necessarily the whole of its contents. | 
[§ 5250. Zhree—Near Lakkerkerk, May. 1876. From Mr. i 
Baker. 
» Marked as taken from one nest, by Mr. Baker himself. | 
BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS (Montagu). 
AMERICAN BITTERN. 
§ 5251. One.—Toronto, June, 1854. } 
“ Hen shot from nest. G. Had- 
graft.” 
From 
§ 5252. One.—Toronto, June, 1854. Mr. Haderaft, 1855 
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G. Hadgraft.” | 
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§ 5253. One.—Toronto, 5 June, 185 
“G. Hadgraft.” 
These three beautiful specimens of the ege of the American 
Bittern were bought by me in November, 1855. Mr. Hadgraft, who 
has been for two years or so stuffing for the Museum at Toronto in 
Canada, found one at least of them himself. He had kept them 
carefully separate and gave me a special account of each nest, of 
which I unluckily did not keep the memoranda. A _ half-blood 
Indian employed by him found one or so. I saw a bird or two with 
him at his shop in Museum Street [in London]; but Mr. Sealy, of 
Cambridge, had the one shot from the nest, and he also bought the 
remaining eggs, seven or eight in number. They are all of one size. 
The eggs in the nest from which the bird was killed were all of the 
colour of my specimen. The nest which Mr. Hadgraft described 
was simple enough. 
[§ 5254. Three.— Canada. From Mr. Hadgraft, through 
Mr. Sealy, 1856. 
I did not hear of Mr. Hadgraft and his eggs in time. to see him, as I believe 
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