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Botouru s mimitu«., S elb y .
l/e H.&ron hlongioa.
we have CoUowe4 Mr- iia pliwin^. tiki» bird in the genus JSo fam f, WvwWrtk. the
«he type, stil vre conceive that the' present species (with,,¡numerous ¿««her?, possessing tlm ¿to«v
habits, distributed over nearly every part o f fefe globe,) possesses characters which entitle it to form
of a genus as jcliutj.uct from Bntmrut a* ■ ( $ M I I l i from HMVtfycticwaiv, it cahoot be
wever, that it w Ultimately allied to tfer m its ,'*t»liifcary and scehtded
a frotjumiiig low and swampy ¡iit;uatkiiits, .«foiKti;;id*iM;'2#'thick covert« p f pcoda^ tvlcll^jw's, &g,, and.
h |t is not driven w i t t a wn^iieratjki dii;;inji.- / En ■■•: ¡ ; . .Ml k , AtolidjNnim( A w U f
ble rarity ;j M w rtM ew varfow»' «nsaittpliiss ftow? t o m k b . m*- tfHjfJtwrwfc ¿$$15 I f l S f c l j S f ii; w
smble abundance, especially in the .»©ittta promt-e*; *w* as U ¡tol i.-V,;,,.^ jkfcwth
ihttliries it¡fcj known to breed au ra lly . From <fo «ml*»» ten «tn t a i l s , awl the
est is seldom seen : it is said to be placed in low Sjwshe* and tofts o f berbftge, opatolg '$«• « taw s*
hi Gggs are five W sis to number, oi a pale greenish white,
mpressed form o f body which so eminently characterises the L ittle Bittern enables it I o avoid
| | | the utmost facility, hy threading its way through the most closely compacted and intricate
reeds» &e., which it. does with the utmost silence and rapidity, take most other Herons, it is
| lKsrcfiiogj aht!' this it often does on willows, the stem* o f thick reeds, & c . I f forced to take
lig h t is ¿iow heavy, « o t protracted to an y g r e a t distance. -
adult state, tfe(i ¡to&v« «ffer little «r m> »mro».l difference in the colour o f the ir nlnma&e The
wh«% O e s t t a « w gfrtwh o f M * * : lW«i top o f the head, which, | | j | the wbtgihrough
s e r e t o d - i)?|:lllltepliiiiitl .$11$ k ¡¡««iiiiiw**.‘^feftj;;tfiifef'~fhttitil*4* • dtjtf’W tH wNeh•»» not'
led before 11| ¡ p | | | j| ... f M
have tlie top oil’ the § | j | >j| jj$$ | j | ^ | § f § | l § | ^ B | S i | | ¿ to S f aiihtotosh
ides yellow; tarsi greenish yi'Bow,
represents- an adult, and a young bird in * 1$Miiw'flMsiEiist* stoato, .tfd djs; attMr&i size.