COMMON BITTERN. 



475 



GRALLATORES. 



ARDEIDJE. 



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THE COMMON BITTERN. 



Ardea stellaris. Bittern Heron,, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 14. 

 The Biitern, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Botaurus 

 Ardea 

 Botaurus 

 A rdea 



,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 24. 



,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 95. 



Common ,, Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 30. 

 ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 190. 



,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 



Iltron Grand Btitor, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 580. 



