AMERICAN BITTERN. 



GRALLATORES. 



545 



ARDEIDM. 



THE AMERICAN BITTERN. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. 



Ardea lentiginosa, Freckled Heron, 



> M M 



Botaurus Mokoho, American Bittern, 

 Ardea lentiginosa, 



Botaurus lentiginosus, ,, 



MONTAGU, Suppl. Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 23. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 34. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 191. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xx. 



Ardea lentiginosa. Heron lentigineux, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. pt. iv. p. 381. 



THE bird from which Colonel Montagu's description and 

 figure were taken was shot by Mr. Cunningham, in the 

 parish of Piddletown, in Dorsetshire, in the autumn of 1804. 



Mr. Cunningham stated, that when in pursuit of some 

 Pheasants, among the high banks, between the broad 



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