THE YELLOW-NECKED BITTEBN 



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The Yellow-necked Bittern. 



Dupetor gouldi. 

 Australia (except Southern) and New Guinea. 



Above dark greyish brown; tail blackish; crest plumes on head; a 

 band of golden straw-colour runs down the sides of the neck, the lower 



Bittern : Botaurus poeciloptilus. 



Meyer. 



feathers being elongated; brown on under surface; a central row of spots 

 down the throat black. Total length 24 inches, eulmen 3.35, wing 8.9, 

 tail 3.4, tarsus 2.65. 



Nest a slight structure of sticks placed generally in a 

 horizontal branch on a tree over or near water. Four white eggs 

 are usually laid. They measure about 1.74 x 1.34 inch. 



