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part of the neck, but mixed with ferruginous; the 

 belly is pale ferruginous ash colour ; the legs are dull 

 yellow ; the fore-part of them, the toes and claws 

 are black. 



The length is 3 feet. 



9. STELLARIS. 



BOTAURUS ) BITTERN, BOG-BUMPER, 



STELLARIS, SHAW.) OR BUMBLE. 



A. capita Iceviusculo, supra testacea maculis trans- 

 versis, subtus pallidior maculis oblongis fuscis. 

 Lath- 



The beak strong and pointed ; the upper mandible 

 is brown, the under one greenish ; the irides are 

 yellow j the crown is depressed, and covered with 

 long feathers ; the throat is yellowish white ; the sides 

 of the neck pale rust colour, variegated with black 

 and white ; the neck feathers are long and loose, 

 which it can raise or depress at pleasure ; the plumage 

 on the back and wings is marked with zigzag lines, 

 bars and streaks, upon a ground shaded with rust 

 colour and yellow ; the bastard wings, greater coverts 

 and quills are brown, barred with black ; the thighs, 

 belly and vent are of a dull pale yellow, coloured 

 with dingy brown ; the tail consists of ten feathers, 

 and is short ; the legs are pale green, bare a little 

 above the knees ; the claws are sharp, the middle 

 ones serrated. 



