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BOTAURUS PINNATUS,
P l a t e XCI.
BOTAURUS PINNATUS.
(BAE-WIRGED BITTEEN).
Ard ea p in n a ta
Botaxvfus p in n a tu s
Ard ea Irasiliensie
L ie b t, in Mua. B e r o l.: Nomeucl. p. 89.
"Wagl. Is is , 1829, p . 662.
B urm . Syst, U eb . iii. p. 408.
Scblegel, Mu s. d. P. B. A rd e a , p. 49.
Bp. Consp. ii. p. 136.
Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 754.
L eo tau d , Ois. de Trin . p . 429.
Lawr. An n . Lyc. N . T . viii. p . 184.
M a s. B e itr. iv. p. 642 (1833).
S u p rà ocbraeeo-flavescens ; cervice postica, alis e s tù s e t dorso in feriore n ig ro fre q u en tè r tran s fa sciatis ; in te rscap u lio
nigro flammulato ; pileo n ig ric an te , p lumis ocbraceo limbatis : remigibus n ig ris, p ræ c ip u è in secondariis ocbraceo te r min
a tis e t n o ta tis ; ree tricib u s a cutis, nigris, præcipuè ad margines ocbraceo va riegatis : su b tù s albus, in p e cto re fulvo
lavatus, c t flammulis e longatis rufcscenti-ocbraceis o rn a tu s ; bypocbondriis e t tib iis e s tu s n ig ric an te fre q u en te r tran s -
fasciatis : ro stro flavicante, culmine obscuro : p ed ib u s clarè corneis : long, to tâ 26 0 , alæ 1 1 0 , caudæ 4-0, ro s tri a rie tu
4 '5 , ta rs i 4, d ig iti medii cum u n g u e 4 '5 , dig. post. e. u. 3'3.
S a b . in B ra sü iâ merid. orient. {Max. e t B u rm .) : Gu ian â B rit. (Schomb.) : ins. T rin ita tis (Leotaud) : N ic arag u a
(S o lla n d ).
The late Professor Lichtenstein was the to discriminate this, as well as many other
rare species o f American birds, hut contented himself with affixing to it the name Ardea pinnafa,
in the Berlin Museum. Under this title it was first described by Wagler, in one o f bis papers
in the “ Isis” containing additions and emendations to his Systema Avium. Wagler, as usual,
gives an excellent account o f the bird, and clearly points out the many marked characters in
which it differs from its allies o f the same genus. A few years later, Prince Max. o f Neuwicd,
likewise published an accurate description o f this Bittern, hut unfortunately referred it to the
Linnæau Ardea hrasiliensis, whicli is a species o f Tigcr-Bittem. Prince Max. tells us that it is
not so common in Brazil as the bird called by him Ardea lineata, which is the Tiger-Bittern
figui-ed ill our next plate. Both the Prince and Burmeister state that it does not differ in habits
from other species o f the genus.
Besides the present bird, only one true Bittern is known to inhabit any portion o f the
New World—that is the Rotourws lentiginosus o î authors, which occasionally strays on to the
western shores o f Eiu-opc.