PALAMEDE1DJE. 135 



Botaurus lentiginosus (Mont.). 



Botaurus minor, Coues, B. N.- West, p. 523 (1874). 



Botaurus lentiginosus, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 289 (1878); Baird, 

 Brewer $ Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 67 (1884) ; Seebohm, 

 Brit. Birds, ii. p. 506, pi. 39 (1884) ; id. Eyqs of Brit. Birds, p. 65 

 (1896) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 259 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. 

 i. p. 204 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 233 (1899). 



The eggs of the American Bittern are slightly smaller than, 

 those of B. stellaris, but do not otherwise differ from them. 



1. North America. Old Collection. 



1. Canada. Old Collection. 



2. Canada, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Canada. Crowley Bequest. 



1. River St Croix. New Brunswick Seebohm Coll. 



(H.E. Dresser}. 



1. Massachusetts (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Maryland (T. M. Breiver). Crowley Bequest. 

 6. Illinois. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Rockford, Illinois (Blackman : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smiths. In st.). 



1. Wisconsin (Kumlien ; Tristram Crowlev Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Order P ALA MED El F O R M ES. 



Sub-Order PALAMEDEJE. 



Family PALAMEDEID^E. 



Genus CHAUNA, Illig. 



Chauna cristata (Swains.). 



Palamedea chavaria, apud Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. Iv. fig. 4 

 (1845-54) : Durnford, Ibis, 1878, p. 63 ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 165 ; 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 586; id. # Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 119 

 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 427 ; 1892, p. 206. 



Chauna cristata, Salmdori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 6 (1895) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 241 (1899) ; von Iheriiig, Mev. Mus. Paulista, 

 iv. p. 278 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. (errata, vol. i.) (1900), 



The eggs of the Crested Screamer vary from a regular oval to an 

 elliptical shape. They are white, occasionally tinged with either 

 pale buif or extremely pale green, and the shell is compact and 

 smooth. Specimens measure from 3*25 to 3'65 in length, and from 

 2-2 to 2-35 in breadth. 



