134 check-list of north american birds. 



Suborder HERODII. Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, etc. 



Family ARDEID-^. Herons, Bitterns, etc 

 Subfamily BOTAURIN-^. Bitterns. 



Genus BOTAURUS Hermann. 



Subgenus BOTAURUS. 



Boiaurus Hermann, Tabl. Affin. Anim. 1783, 13^. Type, Ardea 

 stellaris Linn. 



190. Botaums lentiginosus (Montag.). 



American Bittern. 



Ardea letitiginosa Montag. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 1813, — . 

 Boiaurus lentiginosus Steph. Gen. Zool. XI. ii. 1819, 592. 



[B 492, C 460, R 497, C 666.] 



Hab. Temperate North America, south to Guatemala and the West 

 Indies. 



Subgenus ARDETTA Gray. 



Ardetta Gray, List Gen. B. App. 1842, 13. Type, Ardea tninuta 

 Linn. 



191. Botaurus ezilis (Gmel.). 



Least Bittern. 



Ardea exilis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 645. 

 Botaurus exilis Reichenow, J. f. O. 1877, 244. 



[B 491, C 461, R 498, C 667.] 



Hab. Temperate North America, from the British Provinces to 

 the West Indies and Brazil. 



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