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13. LENTIGINOSA. 



BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS, SHAW. 



-4. subcrislatus variegatus, supra fusco-purpureus, 

 sublus pallide rufo-purpureus, collo antice dilute 

 flavo maculis longitudinalibus spadiceis notate, 

 guld alba, verticefusco. Shaw. 



The head is small ; the crown is chocolate brown, 

 shaded to a dull yellow at the nape, where the fea- 

 thers are elongated; the throat is white, with a row 

 of brown feathers down the middle ; the back and 

 scapulars are chocolate brown ; the legs are greenish, 



The length is 22 inches. 



Shot at Middleton in Dorsetshire, in autumn 1804, 

 by Mr. Cunningham. 



14. COMATA. SGUACCO HERON. 



A. cristata luteo-rufescens, uropygio corpore subtus 

 alis caudaque albis. Lath. 



The bill is livid red, with a brown tip ; the lore 

 is greenish ; the irides are yellow ; the crown is much 

 crested ; the back is ferruginous, inclining to violet ; 

 the wings, rump, tail, belly and vent are white ; the 

 legs are greenish yellow ; the claw of the middle toe 

 serrated. (Lin. Transac. vol. 3. p. 335.) 



