A R D E T T A S TAGNAT IL IS , Gould.
Little (Srey Bittern,
Arietta stagn'ptilrs, l 847-
-Wor-gorl, Aborigines .pf'P^^Es^^oTL
Little Grey Bittern, of tKe Colonists.
THrtgted tolerabLy. ^mdaijt; ^ ^ t^Mmgton.a^lgtite r-par te o(| ;tHe north coast of Australia, where
its i . i t o u c u U i l w S ^ ^ B . ® ampy*pf f l^l land i f e * ?“ *
s n p l ^ . t ; its chief place of nseb e^B top g ro y e» . bemgjfethe shade of which
» ' ,r<l1 f f|«lll^ p l | l ^ i'»11 11 as $&', crustaceans, and; numerous
marine wormiTSidiiiffitf- ah. uTil. ird^rJT i. d . t h . ^ l d s . b cd s.a^ r o o ts of the mangroves are
' c o v ^ d « ith ^ itu , tin bird b.Uh - 1» du.dugliLr lw lm l^ , whin ir «its motionk- until the tide
reiiri- md Uai'is k liin d .a i ^ i ' ^ n ^ s ^ f i j i d f t ' . V > ■ -
w m m W B S B K B M m is i W M sP, . . . B
M S — i 1 1 — H . m near th,e entrance of the harbour o f
P< i t I M H B 1 In ir .1. s t-7 ih i X t l i X m numb, r w. r. B botj. on the ... ingroves and on the branches
o f the vellotfchlossomed IM}>-v\ 1 1 SmaU I H
acroBs'each.other on 'ml r'im®"thcm werj y f e tJ ?D S1X B 9 | ^ T ? 5
la ih ^ o ^ im .d .it lu i^ o im m j lords or . » . . - s o l i mu form wiv pal.',-« on one m.h m^five-i igl.ths
long-byone inch a i^ a fe , *
Uo'wn ofc the H i oi IS e t l a lB S .uid a small tuft beneath each jy e black ; neck and all the under sail
face grey, with a j & § tinge'wfeuli h y i^ y n m i j i» d i ] i . r on th 3 abdomen and under tail-coverM
lengthened 1 H I M M M g M shafts, W g tcov er ts dark slate-grey, ^ o w l ym a i
gmgd with‘buff and white 5 remainder o f the wihgs a ^ i dark grey ;' hades light y e l l o w | | U g eyd
lash o-apihoge-yeilow; upper mandible and: euttjng edge S ^ lo w e ^ m a u d ib le very dark reddish brown*
remainder o f the W ^ ^ e ^ g r | e n ; tibine a r u t ^ ^ a r t of; tj«|tarsi bnght yellow; remainder of
the legs and feet ■ U B U w a p '- H i i „ , . § . - „
The young i S M I 1 the upper surface a triangular spot o j g P f i at the tip o f all
the'wing-feathers, and the throat b lp d | y and a o ^ ^ & ' y striated with brown on a white ground.
■ ■ Kiolk an/1 a fornalo rtf Hip natural