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The DARK-BACKED BITTERN. BOTAURUS melanotus, G. R. 

 Gray, App. in Dieffenb. New Zealand, n. 196. Ardea 

 Australis, Cuv. ? 



a. New Zealand. Presented by the New Zealand Com- 

 pany. 



b. New Zealand. (Matuku.) Presented by Miss Rebecca 

 Stone. 



c. River Murray, South Australia. Presented by C. D. 

 E. Fortnum, Esq. 



d. South Australia. Presented by His Excellency Capt. 

 G. Grey. 



e. Male. New Zealand (Antarctic Expedition). Pre- 

 sented by the Admiralty. 



/. Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Antarctic Expedition). 



Presented by the Admiralty. 

 g. Female. Van Diemen's Land (Antarctic Expedition). 



Presented by the Admiralty. 



The FRECKLED HERON. BOTAURUS lentiginosus. Ardea 

 lentiginosa, Mont. Orn. Diet. Supp. A. mokoko, Vieill. 

 A. minor, Wils. Am. Orn. t. 65, f. 3. Botaurus freti 

 Hudsonis, Briss. Edn>. Birds, t. 136. 



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



b. c. North America. From Mr. Audubon's Collection. 



d. North America.- Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



e. North America. 



The BRAZILIAN BITTERN. TIGRISOMA Brasiliense. Ardea 

 Brasiliensis, Linn. S. N. i. 239. A. lineata, Gmel. pi. 

 enl. 860. A. Soco, Wagl. Azara, 354. Brawn's III. 

 t. 34. 



a. b. South America. 



c. British Guiana. Presented by Chev. Schomburgk. 



d. ? South America. From Mr. Turner's Collection. 



The TIGER BITTERN. TIGRISOMA tigrinum. Ardea ti- 

 grina et A. flava, Gmel. A. marmorata, Vieill. Azara> 

 353. PI. enl. 790. 



a. South America. Presented by Lieut. Maw, R.N. 



b. British Guiana, Presented by Chev. Schomburgk. 



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