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PLATE 



XXXIV. 



THE B R A S I L I A N BITTERN. 



GENUS AKD.EA, LIN. SYST. 233. HERON, PEN. GEN. BIRDS 62. 



y 



BILL, 

 HEAD, 



NECK,, 



J..i.ii' 



. * *. y - . .- - 



BACK, 



BREAST, 



TAIL, 

 LEGS, 

 PLACE, 



black towards the end; yellowifli at the bafe. 

 and upper part of the neck, ferrugmous ftreaked 



with black, 

 on the lower part, the feathers hang long and 



loofe like thofe on the Bittern ; the upper part 



of them ruft-coloured ; the lower, white 



fpotted with black. 



COVERTS of WINGS and SECONDARIES, baiTcd 



with black and ferruginous. 



and BELLY, white in the middle, barred with 

 black on the fides. 



barred with black and white. 



of a yellowifli brown. 



South America and the new ceded Ifles in the 

 Weft Indies; are efteemed very good meat, 

 efpecially the young; are fliot by the Bra- 

 iilians, who lay in wait for them among the 

 fedges. Mr. pennant. 



