COMMON BITTERN. 



(IRA LLA TORES. 



539 

 ARDE/Dtf. 



THE COMMON BITTERN. 



Botaurus stellaris. 



Anlea stellaris, Bittern Heron, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 14. 

 Tlie Bittern^ MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



,, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, voL ii. p. 24. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 95. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 30. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 190. 



Botaurus Common 

 Ardea 



Botaurus 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 



Ardea 



Heron Grand Butor, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 580. 



