CATALOGUE OP BRITISH BIEDS. 149 



Butor minutus, Swains. Olassif. of B. ii. p. 354. 



Little Bittern, Mont. Oni. Diet. ; Bew. Brit. B. (1804) ii. p. 51, 



flg.; Selby, Brit. Om. ii. p. 36; Tarr. Brit. B. ed. 2. ii. p. 533* 



fig. ; id. ed. 3. ii. p. 565, fig. 

 Little Bittern Heron, Pmn. Brit. Zool. (1812) ii. p. 18, pi. 4. 



PI. Enl. 323; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 282. 



a. Devonshire. From Col. Montagu's CoUeetion. 



b. Leadenhall market. Young. From Mr. J. Baker's Collection. 



2. BOTAUEUS. 



Botaurus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 592 (1819). 

 Butor, Swains. Olassif. of B. ii. p. 354 (1837). 



1. BoTATJETis LENTiGiisrostrs. The American Bittern. 



Ardea lentiginosa, Mont.Orn. Diet. Suppl. pL; Leach, Syst. Cat. 



Mamm. 6f Birds in B. M. p. 33; Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. 



p. 381 ; Mem. Brit. An. p. 96 ; Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. An. 



p. 191 ; Eyton, Gat. Brit. B. p. 37 ; Keys. ^ Bl Wirbelth. Eur. 



p. 80. 

 Ardea steUaris, var.. Lath. Ind. Dm. ii. p. 680. 

 Botaurus freti Hudsonis, Briss. Orn. v. p. 449. 

 Ardea minor, Wils. Amer. Orn. viii. pi. 65. f. 3. 

 Butor americana, Swains. Olassif. of B. ii. p. 354. 

 Ardea mokoho, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 440. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 596; Macgill. Man. 



N. H. Orn. ii. p. 124 ; G. B. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 557. 

 Freckled Heron, Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 

 American Bittern, Selby, Brit.Orn. ii. p. 34; Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 2. 



ii. p. 545, fig. ; id. ed. 3. ii. p. 577, fig. 



Edwards's Birds, pi. 136 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 284. 



a. Dorsetshire. From Col. Montagu's Collection. 



b. Piddleton, Dorset. From Col. Montagu's Collection. 



2. BoTAUEirs siELLAKis. The Common Bittern. 



Ardea steUaris, iimn.jPaim. /Sweep. 68; Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. ^ 



Birds in B.M. -p. 3S; Temm. Man. d'0m.{1815)-p.373; Mem. 



Brit. An. p. 95; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. (1838) ix. p. 159, t.226; 



Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. An. p. 199 ; Keys. Sf Bl. Wirbelth. 



Ear. p. 80 ; Schleg. Rev. Crit. des Ois. d'Eur. p. 98. 

 Botaurus steUaris, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 593 ; Boie, Isis, 1822, 



p. 559 ; Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 595 ; Eyton, Cat. Brit. B. 



p. 37 ; Pr. Bonap. Geogr. Comp. List ofB. p. 48 ; G. R. Gray, 



Gen. of B. iii. p. 557. 

 Botaurus lacustris, Brehm, Vog. Deutsehl. p. 596. 



