COMMON BITTERN. 



ORALLATORES. 



571 



ARDEID^E. 



' '. 



THE COMMON BITTERN. 



Botaurus stellaris. 



Ardea stellaris, Bittern Heron, 

 The Bittern, 



Botaurus 

 Ardea 

 Botaurm 

 Ardea 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 14. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 95. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 30. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 190. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Heron Grand Butor, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 580. 



Common 



