BIlASILIAN BITTERN. 
The back, the coverts of the wings, "and the 
secondaries, are barred with black and ferru- 
ginous ; the breast and belly are white in the 
middle, and barred with black on ths sides ; 
the tail is barred with black and white ; and 
the legs are of a yellowish brown. BufFoii 
notices, as a circumstance uncommon, that 
the plumage of this bird is the same on the 
breast, the belly, and the sides. . 
Though we have few authenticated parti- 
culars of it's general habits, they probably 
correspond with those of the Common Bittern. 
These birds, particularly when young, are 
esteemed very excellent food ; . and the Brasi- 
lians, who lay in wait for them among the 
sedges, where thev prey on frogs and insedis, 
as well as feed on vegetables, shoot them in 
great numbers. 
