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Ardeidae. 



1673. Jacobaeus, O. [Canalis alimentorum Ardeae cum duplici ductupancreatico.] 

 < BartlioUni Acta Hafn.,. ii, 1673, p. 242. 

 nSTon nobis obvius : titulus e Caro et Engelmanno. 

 1683. MURALT, J. DE. Ardeae [Botauri] stellaris examinatio. <^ Epliem. Acaa. Nat. 

 Cur., Dec. ii, Cent. Ann. ii, 1683, (1G98), pp. 60, 61. 

 Haud mihi obvia: titulus e Caro 9t Engelmanno. 

 1727. Valentini, M. B. Ardeae [Botauri] stellaris anatome. < Act. Acad. Cms Leap 

 Car. 2^at. Cm:, i, 1727, pp. 283, 284. 

 ]S'on mibi obvium : titulus e Caro et Engelmanno. 

 1776. Otto, B. C. Anmiirkningar om Eotdrommen, Ardea Stellaris. ^Physioqr 

 Sdllsk. ffancll, i, 1776, pp. 305-310. 

 iSTot seen. 



1781. [WURMB, F. VAN.] De kleine witte Reiger van 't Eiland Java. < Verh. Ba- 



tar. Genootsch., iii, 1781 , p. 376. 



Tbis is the original date: there is a reissue of the same Yerhandlungen much later (1824)- 

 I have only seen the latter. ' 



1782. Mattuschka, H. G., Gra/fori. Ueber die Fisclireilier [Ardea cinerea]. <^Sc}irift. 



d. Berlin. Ges. nat. i^n, iii, 1782, pp. 411-414. 

 Nicht mir selbst zuganglich : Titel aus Cams und Engelmann. 



1792. Bosc, L. Ardea gularis. < Actea de la Soc. d'Hist. Nat. de Paris, i, pte. i, 1792, 

 p. 4, pi. 2. 

 Pas vue moi-m6me. 



1804. Afzelius, a. Ardea atricapilla En ny Fogel ifrln Sierra Leone, dir funnen 

 ocli bcskrifven, . . . < Eongl. Vetens. Acad. Nija Handl., xxv, 1804, pp. 264-268. 

 1824. [WURMB, F. VAN ] De Kleine witte Reiger van het eiland Java. < Verkandl. 

 Batav. Genootsch. Kunsb. en Wetens., Tweede Druk, iii, 1824, pp. 239-242. 

 Orig. ed. of these Yerhandlungen, this vol., 1781. 

 1829. Anon. The Great American Bittern. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1829 p 64 

 Botaurus leutiginosus-ov Nyctiardea gardeni? Note of a supposed power of emittiii- Hght 

 from its breast. " * 



1829. Rennie, J. [On the Heather-bluiter (Ardea [Botaurus] stellaris, Linn.) of the 



Scotch. ] < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist. , i, 1829, p. 495. 

 1829. "R. A." Feet and Legs of the common Heron [Ardea cinerea]. <Loudon'8 



Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1829, p. 206. 

 With note on the probably luminous powder-down feathers of the breast, and their purpose. 

 1831. Bland, M. Habits of the Bittern [Botaurus stellaris]. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. 



Hist., iv, 1831, pp. 464, 465. 



1831. Brehm,C.L. Eine naturgeschichtliche Anfrage. < OA;en's /sis, Bd. xxiv 1831 



p. 273. ' 



Funken aus Keiherfedern. 



1831. Yarrell, W. [On the Identity of Ardea gardeni and A. nycticorax. ] ^P.Z. 

 S., i, 1831, p. 27. 



1833. Chalmers, M. Acts of the Heron and of the Peahen. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., VI, 1833, pp. 515, 516. 



^^^^" ""^'o?;" ^ ^«™»^«Ji Heron [Ardea cinerea]. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist.,Yh, 

 1834, pp. 513, 514. • 



On disgorging of the contents of the stomach when disturbed. 



1835. "O.'l The Night Heron (A'rdea Nycticorax L.). < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 viii, 1835, pp. 509, 510. ' 



