3^4 ARDEIDJE. 



short for tlie size of the bird. This is a solitary bird, 

 and frequents the sides of rivers. 



GENUS CCCXXVI.— ARDEA Auctorum. HERON. 

 Generic character: vide Sieph. v. \i. p. 541. 



"^ Ar, Agami. Steph. v. x\. p. 554. pi. 42. — Ardea fusca. Steph. 

 V. xi. p. 559. ; j'oung ? 

 Ar. Coromandeliensis. Sieph. v. xi. p. 577. — Ardea russata. 

 Temm ? 



Ai'. jugularis. Foster? — Ar. caerulea (young .^) Steph. v. xi. 



;?. 581. 

 Ar. chalybea. Steph. v. xi. p. 582. — Ardea cyanopus. Steph. 



V. xi, p. 583.3 young. 

 ~h-Ar. sibilatrix. 



Ardea sibilatrix. Temm. PI. Col. 271. — Curahi-remimbi. 



D'Azara, v. li.p. 356. — Inhabits Paraguay. 



GENUS CCCXXVII.— BOTAURUS, Brisson. BITTERN. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi. j). 592. 



Bo. Philippensis. 



Ardea Philippensis. Steph. v. xi. p. 586. — Botaurus undulatus. 



Steph. i\ XI. p. 599. ; young. 

 ,' Bo. tigrinus. Steph. v. xi. p. 600. ; young. — Bo. lineatus. 



Steph. V. xi. J). 601.; old. 

 -t- Bo. Brasiliensis. Brisson. — Bo. flavus. Steph. v. xi. p. 603. — 



Bo. Brasiliensis. Steph. v. xi. p. 602.; young. 

 A Bo. virescens. Steph. v. xi. p. 605. — Ardea Ludoviciana. Steph. 



V. xi. p. 578. 

 Bo. fasciatus. 

 Bo. hrunnescenti-nigerjerrugin eo-fasciatus ; capitis vertice,cauda, 



remigibusque nigris, his apice albis ; gitla linedque pectorali 



albis ; hacjerrugineo variegata ; abdomine rujb. 

 Brownish-black Bittern banded with ferruginous ; with the top 



of the head, the tail, and quills black, the latter white at the 



