25.
LINEATED B.
D e s c r i p t io n .
P la ce and
M anners .
26.
YELLOW B.
D e s c r i p t io n.
L’Onorc rayé, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 432.— PL Enl. 860.
Lev. Muf.
^ J 'H IS fpecies is rather larger than the'lad : in length two feet
fix inches. The bill and lore are both blue ; the laft bare thé
whole breadth of the bafe of the mandibles: the upper parts'of the
head and neck are bright rufous, eroded with numérous brown
lines : down the fore part paffes a ftreak of white, beginning at
the chin ; this is bounded half way by dalhes of brown, and
the lower half mixed along with the white icfelf : the upper parts
of the body are croffed with fine waved lines of rufous, pale yellow,
and brown : the under parts of the body dirty white : quills
and tail black : legs yellow.
This frequents the banks of the rivers at Cayenne, with the laft:
moftly found Angle. Like our fpecies, when one is fhot it
makes great defence, throwing out the neck fuddenly, when it
can ftrike at the enemy with advantage, efpecially at the eyes.
One of thefe kept tame, was of lingular ufe in deftroying rats,
watching them with all the attention of the houfe cat, and even
with better fuccefs.
Le Butor du Breiil, Brif. Orn. v. p. 460. 30.
— — — jaone du Brefil, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 429.
Ardea bras, roftro ferrato, cinereas limilis, Raii Sya. p. io i. 16.
Bralilian Bittern, with a ferrated bill, Will. Orn. p. 285.
Q 1Z E of a Duck: length two feet three inches. Bill four inches
and a half long, ferrated next the point; brown, with a pale
green bafe: irides golden: the head and hind part of the neck
are pale yellow, ftreaked with black : back brown, with yellowifh
ftreaks:
ftreaks : throat white : the fore part of the neck, breaft, and
belly, are white, waved with brown_; the laft edged with yellow:
quills black, and green mixed, tipped with white : the tail like
the quills, but crofTed with white dines : the legs of a dark grey.
Inhabits Brafil, and is accounted good eating. P lace.
Ardea minuta, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 240. 26. fi.— Kram. El., p. 348»—Frifch.
pi. 206. 207.
Le Blongios, Brif. Orn. v. p. 498. 46.
Blongios de Suiffe, PI. Enl. 323.— Buf. Oif. vii. p. 395*
Boo-onk, or Long-neck, Sba<w Trav. pi., in p. 255.—Buff. Alep. p. 71»
pi. 10.— Edvu. p. 275.
Little Bittern, Br. Zool. App. p. 663. pi. 8.— Zool. N° 359.
Lev. Muf.
27-
LITTLE B.
M a l e .
T * H E lize of this bird fcarce exceeds that of a Thrufh: length
fifteen inches. The bill is of a greenilh yellow; the upper
mandible black at the tip; the edges jag ged: the top of the
head, the back, and tail, dull green: the neck very long j the
fore part of it, breaft, and thighs, buff-colour * : belly and vent
white: the hind part of the neck bare of feathers, but covered
by thofe growing on the fides of i t : at the fetting-on of the
wing is a large chefnut fpot: the leffer wing coverts yellowilh
buff; the greater whitilh: the web of that next the back half
buff, half black : quills black: legs duiky : thighs feathered to
the knees: middle claw ferrated.
* In the Pi. Enl. and BriJ/bn’s defeription and figure, the upper part of the
belly is fpotted with black.
D e s c r i p t io n .
VoL. III. K Ardea