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LINEATED BITTERN. 

 (Botaurus lineatus.) 



'Bo. flnvojusco nrfoque transversim lineatus subtus albidus, capite 

 colloque rirfts fascioUs fuscis, unterius lined longitudinali alba. 



Bittern transversely striped with yellow, brown, and rufous j 

 beneath whitish ; with the head and neck rufous, striped with 

 brown j the neck in front with a longitudinal white line. 



Ardea lineata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 638. — Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 

 682. 25. 



L'Onore raye. Buff. Ois. 7. 432.— Buff. PI. Enl. 860. 

 Lineated Bittern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 64. 25. 



This species inhabits the same countries as the 

 last, than which it is rather larger in bulk, but 

 measures the same in length : its beak is blue : 

 the lores the same, and naked : the upper parts 

 of the head and neck are bright rufous, barred 

 with numerous brown lines ; and of the body 

 crossed with slender undulated lines of rufous, pale 

 yellow, and brown : down the fore-part of the 

 neck, commencing at the chin, is a longitudinal 

 stripe of white ; the upper half of this stripe is 

 bounded by dashes of brown, and the lower half 

 is varied with that colour : the under parts of the 

 body are dirty white : the quills and tail are black : 

 the legs are yellow. 



