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2IGEAG BITTERN. 

 (Botaurus undulatus.) 



Bo. rufo-griseus, pileo nigro, corpore supra strigis undulatis 



suhtus angulatis nigris. 

 Red-grey Bittern, with the top of the head black ; the body 



with black striae j undulated on the upper parts, and angulated 



below. 



Ardea undulata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 637. — Lath, Ind, Orn, 2. 

 681.22. 



Le petit Butor de Cayenne. Buff, Ois, 7. 430.— Buff, PI, E72I, 

 763. 



Zigzag Bittern. Lath, Gen, Syn* 5. 6I. 22. 



This elegant bird is a native of Cayenne : it is 

 in length thirteen inches : its beak is brown, with 

 the lower mandible paler : the naked space round 

 the eye bluish : the general colour of the plumage 

 is yellowish, or reddish cinereous, undulated with 

 innumerable narrow bars of dusky brown ; those 

 on the back the most regular, and nearly in straight 

 lines : the top of the head is black : the fore-part 

 of the neck is paler than the hinder, and is not so 

 much variegated with the undulated stripes : the 

 belly and thighs are slightly waved with zigzag 

 bands : the legs are yellow. 



