270 Mr. SjELby's Catalogue of Birds. 



Grey and white varieties of this species have been killed ii> several parts of Northumber- 

 land and Durham, particularly at Blanchland, in the latter county. 



Family SxRUTHioNiDyE. 



Genus OTIS. BUSTARD. 



117. OTIS TETRAX. LITTLE BUSTARD. 



Otis tetrax, Linn., Lath. 



Otis minor, Haii, Briss. 



Outarde canepetiere, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



Little Bustard, Br. Zool., Lath. Syn., Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Sup., Bewick's Br. Birds, 



Selby's Illus. Br. Orn. 



A very rare visitant ; and the only instances of its capture in the northern counties, that 

 I am aware of, are the two mentioned in the Illustrations of British Ornithology, Vol. I. 



Order IV. Gkallatobes. 



Fam. II. Akdead*. 

 Genus ARDEA. HERON. 



118. ARDEA CINEREA. COMMON HERON. 



Ardea cinerea. Lath. 



Ardea major, Linn., Gmel., Rail. 



Ardea cristata, Briss. 



H6ron cendre, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



Common Heron, Br. Zool., Arct. Zool., Lath. Syn., Motit. Ornith. Diet., Flemm. Br. Anim. 



Genus BOTAURUS. BITTERN. 

 119. BOTAURUS STELLARIS. COMMON BITTERN. 

 Ardea stellaris, Linn., Lath., Raii, Flemm, 

 Botaurus, Briss. 



Heron grand Butor, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



Bittern, Br. Zool., Lath. Syn., Mont. Ornith. Diet., Bewick's Br. Birds, Flemm. Br. Anim. 

 The Bittern is now but rarely met with in the northern counties, although, before the 

 drainage of our bogs and mosses, it used to be common and well known. In my collection 

 are two which were shot at Newham Lough, and a third near Berwick upon Tweed. 



Genus IBIS. IBIS. 

 120. IBIS FALCINELLUS. GLOSSY IBIS. 



Ibis falcinellus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 

 Tantalus falcinellus, Linn., Lath. 

 Tantalus igneus. Lath. 

 Tantalus viridis. Lath. 

 Ibis falcinelle, Temm. 

 Bay Ibis, Lath. Syn. 

 Glossy Ibis, Lath. Syn. 

 Green Ibis, Lath. Syn. 



A specimen of this species in the young state, or Tantalus viridis of Lath., was killed a 



few years ago, upon the banks of the Coquet, near Rothbury, and is now in my collection. 



