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BRITISH BIRDS. 
bare, but the long feathers on the fore part lie back 
and cover it. The tail is fhort, and of a black 
green colour, edged and tipped with tawney : the 
legs dirty green. The Little Bittern has feldom 
been met with in Great Britain. 
The above drawing and defcription were taken 
from an ill-fluffed fpecimen in the Wycliffe Mu» 
feum. 
