T11R 
TIGER BITTERN. 
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Generic Character, 
Bill strait, long, sharp-pointed. 
Nostrils linear. 
Tongue pointed. 
Feet tetradactylous. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Ferruginous BITTERN, with transverse black, 
bands. 
TIGER BITTERN. 
Heron tigrd. 
1/Onorc. 
Both. syn. 3. p. 63. 
Fermin Surin. 2. p. 151. 
Buff', ois. 7. p. 431. 
FI. Enl. 7Q0. 
The Tiger Bittern is a native of the warmer regions 
of South-Amcrica, frequenting marshy places, and 
1 a preying, 
