AMERICAN BITTERN. 



577 



ORALLATORES. 



=^^^^1ii '-- --^c 



THE AMERICAN BITTERN. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus. 



Ardea lentiginosa, Freckled Heron, MONTAGU, Suppl. Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 23. 



Botaurus Mokoho, American Bittern, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 34. 

 Ardea lentiginosa, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 191. 



Botaurus lentiginosus, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Ardea lentiginosa, Heron lentigineux, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. pt. iy. 



p. 381. 



THE bird from which Colonel Montagu's description and 

 figure were taken, was shot by Mr. Cunningham, in the 

 parish of Piddletown, in Dorsetshire, in the autumn of 

 1804. 



Mr. Cunningham stated, that when in pursuit of some 

 VOL. ii. p p 



