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tibia, black on outer side, with a few brown feathers ; on the 

 inner side, white, interspersed with a few brown feathers ; a 

 white patch on abdomen, banded posteriorly by a blackish 

 mark ; anal region, white ; under tail coverts, dull black ; feet 

 and legs, olive green, darker anteriorly ; the under side of feet 

 orange. Length, 14 in.; wing, 4-f ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, 2f ; bill, if; 

 testes, about 5-16 x-i- diam. Stomach contained twenty-five 

 young perch, the largest 1 in. long, the smallest -§ in. This 

 specimen is now in my possession. 



Toronto. James R. Thurston. 



A male Cory's Bittern (Ardetta neoxena) was shot on 

 August 17, 1894, on Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto, by Mr. Harry 

 Day, and is now in my possession. 



In this specimen the colours of the eye, beak, legs, and toes, 

 did not differ from the published descriptions, and from two 

 specimens I have examined, when fresh. The bird is a small 

 one, and is undoubtedly a bird of the year. On a close exami- 

 nation, down is evident on the top of the head, like the young 

 of other bittern. The feathers of the back of the neck are 

 spare and downy in appearance. The mantle is not the decided 

 glossy black of an adult specimen before me (the one recorded 

 by Mr. Hubert Brown in the Auk, Vol. X., 1893, P- 3^3)) but is 

 dull, and the black relieved in several places by traces of umber 

 brown. The entire under parts, including the thighs, are 

 brownish black, the feathers still retaining, in part, the appear- 

 ance of down. Except in the general dullness of the plumage 

 and the differences already noted, this bird does not differ, in 

 distribution of colour, from the adult. 



From the state of plumage and the date of capture I believe 

 this bird was bred near Toronto. 



Measurements (fresh) : Total length, from tip of beak to 

 end of claw of middle toe, 11.75 ' m '\ w i n g> 4-5°; ra -il> l -5°'> 

 tarsus, 1.37. 



Toronto. James H. Fleming. 



