YELLOW BITTERN. 
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black, with white tips : the rump and tail-coverts 
varied with white, black, and narrow yellow lines : 
the tail black, varied with a few white lines, and 
tipped with the same : the legs pale ferruginous. 
This variety most probably belongs to a different 
species, on account of the white on the wings and 
tail. 
This species inhabits the borders of the lakes 
and rivers in the warmer parts of America, the 
West Indies and Brazil being the most usual places 
of resort. 
YELLOW BITTERN. 
(Botaurus flavus,) 
Bo. striatus supra fuscus suhtus albus, capite colloque rujescentibus ^ 
rectricibus striis transversis albis. 
Striped Bittern, above brown, beneath white j with the head 
and neck reddish ; the tail-feathers transversely striped with 
white. 
Botaurus Brasiliensis. Briss. Orn. 5. 460. 30. 
Ardea flava. Gmel. Spst. Nat. 1. 638. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 
682. 26. 
Ardea Brasiliensis rostro serrato. Raii. Syn. lOl. l6. 
Le Butor jaune du Bresil. Buff. Ois. 5. 460. 
Yellow Bittern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 64. 26. 
The Yellow Bittern is two feet three inches in 
length : beak four inches and a half long, serrated 
