LITTLE BROWN BITTERN. 
Onk, or Long Neck ; and says — It is some- 
** what less than a Lapwing. The neck, the 
** breast, and the belly, are of a light yellow; 
but the back, and upper part of the wings, 
are of a jet black, The tail is short ; the 
feathers of the neck are long, and streaked 
" with white or light yellow. The bill, which 
*' is three inches long, is green, and in fashion 
of the Stork's. The legs, which are short 
*' and slender, are green. In walking, and 
searching for food, it throws out it's neck 
'* seven or eight inches." Dr. Shaw says no- 
thing of the black on the head, but his print 
expresses it strongly. Taylor White, Esq. 
shewed me the drawing of a bird agreeing 
very nearly with what Dr. Shaw has figured 
and described, having the top of the head 
black ; which bird, I think, he told me, was 
shot in W ales. It is probable, *' concludes 
Edwards, ** that Dr. Shaw's and Dr. Russei's 
birds may differ only in sex or age. It was 
unknown to us, till introduced by Dr. Russel, 
in 1755." 
To this, which is the whole history and de- 
scription published by Edwards of this Lit- 
tle 
