AHDETTA? F LAY ICOL L IS .
, Yeljow.-necked Bittern.
Ard c fi n i vlh) T a h fi tl -On* •thil-^'gW'niil^i\\ i I s r i r * \ h A :dea. Bp. 111.
/Andeanig a, \i Til*||||Eäit.du!Nouv: 1)1 1 Eist Nat* unn%j\ p 417.—Ib Ency Miith. Om.;Part iü.p. 1118.
i1) —Lli (mi H i s t * D , 134
Ar delta ßavieollis? lei5L'Q$fB'u:<l~i ui*llrnjvffijSfcoir%lla)l n r n M
W5i-n .r.lretstsi^.nV^nrlplLiST.sMi) io pnuBa BT
Little Brown Bittern i;1^!i?6ijlumnt3BS
In iiinliil spti ii s tliinr'Nevv South Wale , Swurrliivtr anrltl’ort Essiugton ; it was also
rfliiain^SS^Opviruor (m i nn*iht mmSfflgffitffiast.. Both Latham arthWagler assert that it inhabits Java
'aiiiltiliai vij^vlindsciii lai Li*i^SwSjf e imStj<U luthi, liiflallhouaIggffigSBquestiou ^le truth of this
assertion,pEffigwUuti" th if ihr^sneeiinep^'l ncvefsren liom thos<pco,untKe|~aj-e smaller in all their admea-
SUTI Iiiniw'ill insulun-c fioin \ii-fnli i.S ^ hfih^^ ^ « K w e v ^ ogaRS;m'the' size aid,'colouring of the
se\i’sailed it in n Ik. in A n p f ö » individuals which have eomeCunder'my notice from India and Java were
T e io aB ^ S S
') hi Yellow iitf hi d H i t t * i- .*■ » In-» i lv~‘iM‘.'M ^ ^ pK «the^mangroves, from which it is not easily
Ü § en, b ffnfct will) 1 huh s pursuit by the fee ihfWifl? » lieh'if runs over the mud-’fieneatb'tbe. roots o f the
II in_,r u Twhi h it will^ft^«Äloi f*j5 r 5ufl d ‘ tun i^iinl it niuaflc u*rj closely followed up before it
TerSlii "Inn-id. Ui I ihi 'winßi.
Eggs were lalmi o iiitli^ fi5 ? S ^ lgm i‘>rya 5 y i n u t fonmd'of,'small sticks pe^mg.oa a slender hori-
/int I lirinili f i i man gn fe ffilF y'wme iw u^ iignth i r 1'»r>jgmrir p ilir hjuislrgrein and more rounded
J^pnn*tliaii tlirist of u v ntlii i V e c i iA l3 t if f^ a jp j$ b e in g o n e^m a n d g jg lfijlong by ojiet inch and an
eighth broad.
The in ill' h 7 . h r uv!»i o f-th < j^ eM ^ Ä E® ^ e neck an^}j|th e upper surface'bronzy black; primanes
astl^tjil bluish',lari'colour ejnjwhttish Ihr iit*dM^ fl, thi lc iiUTgSktwii (he centre of the chin and
JJlCW liufiug rbur uinei wpl^tpidc: huff and thcirAipsjblackish 'b|p|ij|, giving the whole a richly variegated
appearances clongiiled d'eatljurs of^ijtc- breast p.jl<£hri)wnÄitirrowly n^igin^d with Imftg-under surface
■ gkvish bro tn, stuuid w d ^ ^ f t^ r i^ * y ( ll i 1^ O i iH % ^ l™ n :c,otoiii; feet olive-brown.
1 g,The fern di d lH uwu&iwinj the culouis i i f ;tW J h t™ ^ ad j^ jö i t 'a i id ' contrasted, and theupper surface
olxa l i . l i i r liiown lli tu thal™l flu inale
The Plate represents fB e two. segps-rather, less timvithe hdtura^izeÄ