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38. Stellaris,, 239:. 21. Varktas* The Bittern^ Br 

 Z00L Edw. 136. Faun. Am. Sept. pag. 14*.- 



Severn River,. N° 64. 



At firfl fight, I thought the fpecimen fent from 

 Hudfon's Bay, was a young bird > but upon 

 nearer examination and comparing it with 

 Mr. Edwards's account and figure, I take it 

 to be a variety of the common bittern pe- 

 culiar to North America 5 it is fmaller, but 

 upon the whole very much refembles our 

 bittern. Mr. Edwards's measurements and 

 drawings correfpond very well with the fpeci- 

 men. 

 This bird appears at Severn river the latter end 

 of May, lives chiefly among the fwamps and 

 willows, where it builds its neft, and- lays 

 only two eggs at a time ; it is very indolent, 

 and, when routed, removes only to a fhort- 

 diftance, 



rE Scolopax, f 39. Totanus. 245. 12. Spotted ^ 

 Woodcock. 1 Woodcock* Faun. Am* Sept. 14.-. 

 Albany Fort, N° 16. 



This bird is called a yellow leg at Albany fort, 

 from the bright yellow colour of the- legs., 

 efpecially in old birds 5 a circumftance, in 

 which it varies from the defcriptions of Lin- 

 neus and BrkTon, - probably becaufe they de~ 



• In theFaunula Amciicsc Septentrionalis, p. 24. the fynonym 

 of Ardea Hudfonias, Linn, has by miftake been annexed to the 

 bittern, and likewife pi. 135 of Edwards has been quoted in- 

 iteati of plate 136. They are two very different birds. ■ 



fcribed 



