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LINEATED BITTERN. 
' (Botaurus lineatus.) 
Tio.JlnvoJ'usco rvfoque transversim lineatus subtus albidus, capite 
colloque rnjis JhscioUs Jiiscis, unterius lined longitudinali albd. 
Bittern transversely striped with yellow, brown, and rufous; 
beneath Avhitish ; with the head and neck rufous, striped with 
brown ; the neck in front with a longitudinal white line. 
Ardea lineata. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 638. — Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 
682 . 25 . 
L’Onore raye. Buff. Ois. 7. 432. — Buff. PI. Enl. 860. 
Lineated Bittern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5 . 64. 25 . 
This species inhabits the same countries as the 
last, than which it is rather larger in bulk, but 
measures the same in length : its beak is blue : 
the lores the same, and naked : the upper parts 
of the head and neck are bright rufous, barred 
with numerous brown lines ; and of the body 
crossed with slender undulated lines of rufous, pale 
yellow, and brown : down the fore-part of the 
neck, commencing at the chin, is a longitudinal 
stripe of white ; the upper half of this stripe is 
bounded by dashes of brown, and the lower half 
is varied with that colour : the under parts of the 
body are dirty white : the quills and tail are black : 
the legs are yellow. 
