ZEBRILUS. — BOTAURtlS. 181 



River, British Guiana, in November 1879 — Sulvin-Godmaii 

 collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknovi^n in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Abary River (^McConnell collection^ ; 

 British Guiana {Sir E. im TImrn) ; Upper Berbice River 

 (^Quelc/i). 



Exti^alimital Range. Central Brazil. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) iv. p. 343) mentions that he 

 obtained a good example of this species on the Upper Berbice 

 River. 



Genus BOTAURUS Steph. 



Botanrus Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. pt. 2, p. 592, 1819. Type 

 S. stellaris (Linn.). 



This genus also belongs to the group of this family vi^hich 

 has ten tail-feathers; the colour is tawny-buff mai'ked with 

 dark brown ; the bill is serrated, the toes are long, the middle 

 one exceeding the tarsus in leno;(h. 



114. Botaurus pinnatus. 

 Pinnated Bittern. 



Botaurns pimiatus (Wagl.), Isis, 1829, p. 663 (Bahia) ; Cab. in Schomb, 

 lleis. Guian. iii. p. 754, 1848 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 170 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 262, 1898 (Aunai) ; Brabourne & Chubb, 

 B. S. Amer. i. p. 52, no. 489, 1912. 



Botaurus leritiginostis (nee Mont.), Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. 

 p. 754, 1848; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 170; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxvi. p. 259, 1898 ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 52, 

 no. 488, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above dark brown, or black, varied 

 with buff or creamy-white markings on the back and wings;, 

 fore part of the crown almost uniform black ; hinder crown, 

 nape, hind-neck, and sides of neck regularly barred with dark 

 brown and buify-wliite ; ear-coverts inclining to uniform buft" ; 

 under surface buffy-white, the feathers more or less mottled or 

 streaked with brown or rufous-brown. 



Total length G50 mm., culmen 89, wing 305, tail 105, tarsus lOG, 

 middle toe and claw 120. 



