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ZIGZAG BITTERN. 
-i- (Botaurus undulatus.) 
Bo. rufo~griseus, pileo nigro^ corpore supra strigis undulatis 
subtus angulatis nigris. 
Red-grey Bittern, with the top of the head black 5 the body 
with black striae ; undulated on the upper parts, and angulated 
below. 
Ardea undulata. Gmel. S^st. Nat. 1. 637. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2 . 
681 . 22 . 
Le petit Butor de Cayenne. BujL Ois. 7. 430. — BuJ^. PI. Enl. 
763. 
Zigzag Bittern. Lath. Gen, Syn. 5 . 61. 22. 
This elegant bird is a native of Cayenne : it is 
in length thirteen inches : its beak is brown, with 
the lower mandible paler : the naked space round 
the eye bluish : the general colour of the plumage 
is yellowish, or reddish cinereous, undulated with 
innumerable narrow bars of dusky brown ; those 
on the back the most regular, and nearly in straight 
lines ; the top of the head is black : the fore-part 
of the neck is paler than the hinder, and is not so 
much variegated with the undulated stripes : the 
belly and thighs are slightly waved with zigzag 
bands : the legs are yellow. 
