Vo ' i " s x 6 II1 l Chapman, The Standing of Ardetta neoxena. 1 7 



1889. A. O. U. Committee on Nomenclature. First Supplement to 

 Check-List of North American Birds, p. 6. 



Ardetta is here ranked as a subgenus of Botaurus and the 

 species is therefore recognized as Botaurus neoxeuus. 

 1SS9. Scott, W. E. D. A second specimen of Cory's Bittern {Botaurus 

 neoxenus). Auk, VI, 317. 



Records the capture near Lake Okeechobee of the second 

 known specimen. 

 1891. Cory, Charles B. Capture of a Fourth Specimen of Ardetta 

 neoxena. Auk, VIII, 309. 



Records an adult male from the Kissimmee River, Florida. 

 The capture of the third known specimen herein referred to was 

 not published until 1892. 



1891. Scott, W. E. D. Notes on the Nest and Habits of Cory's Bittern 



{Botaurus neoxenus). Auk, VIII, 309. 



Records the discovery, June 8, 1890, by J. F. Menge, of a nest 

 containing four young on the borders of Lake Flirt, a small lake 

 west of Okeechobee. 



1892. Scott, W. E. D. A Description of the adult male of Botaurus. 



neoxeuus (Cory), with Additional Notes on the Species. Auk*. 

 IX, 141. 



Records the capture of three birds by J. F. Menge near Lake 

 Okeechobee. It is suggested that neoxena may prove to be a 

 color-phase of exilis. 

 1892. Scott, W. E. D. Notes on the Birds of the Caloosahatchie Regiont 

 of Florida. Auk, IX, 214. 



"Botaurus neoxenus" is stated to occur regularly, though prob- 

 ably in small numbers, about Lake Flirt and in the great tracts, 

 of sawgrass that surround Lake Okeechobee. 



1892. Cross, W. A new Species for Ontario. Proc. Ornithological Sub- 



section Canadian Inst., for 1890-91, 41. 



Records the capture, on May iS, 1890, of the first known Tor- 

 onto specimen. 



1893. A. O. U. Committee on Nomenclature. Fifth Supplement to 



the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North Amer- 

 ican Birds. Auk, X, 61. 



Ardetta is restored to full generic rank, Botaurus neoxenus 

 thus becoming Ardetta neoxena. 

 1893. Brown, Hubert II. Capture of another Ardetta neoxena at Tor- 

 onto, Ontario. Auk, X, 363. 



Records a female taken May 20, 1893. 

 1893. Brewster, William. Capture of another Ardetta neoxena at 

 Toronto. Auk, X, 364. 



Comparing the specimen recorded by II. 11. Brown with the 

 four Florida specimens in his collection. It is stated to agree 

 closely with No. 44,087. 

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