. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XLV. HERONS, EGRETS, ETC. 265 2. Least Bittern (191. Ardetta exilis).— A bird formed simi- larly to the last and with similar habits, but much smaller. It is a buffy and chestnut- colored bittern with the crested crown, back, and tail glossy black and a patch on the side of the breast blackish. The female is similar but the crown and back are a purplish - chestnut rather than black, and the under parts are darker and streaked with Least Bit
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XLV. HERONS, EGRETS, ETC. 265 2. Least Bittern (191. Ardetta exilis).— A bird formed simi- larly to the last and with similar habits, but much smaller. It is a buffy and chestnut- colored bittern with the crested crown, back, and tail glossy black and a patch on the side of the breast blackish. The female is similar but the crown and back are a purplish - chestnut rather than black, and the under parts are darker and streaked with Least Bittern Length, 13; wing, 4| (4f-5i); tail, 2; tarsus, If; culmen, 1-g-. Tem- perate North America; breeding north to Ontario and wintering from Florida south to the West Indies and Brazil. 3. Cory's Least Bittern (191-1. Ardetta nedxena).—A bird like the last in everything but color and size. It is a bittern with reddish-chestnut on the breast and under parts as well as on the sides of the head and throat and the wing coverts. The crown, back, and tail are black, with a distinct green gloss. This species has the under tail coverts a dull black, the last has them washed with buffy. Only a few specimens have been observed, and those, curiously, in widely separated local- ities. Length, 11; wing, 4i; tarsus, If; culmen, If. Michigan. Florida, Ontario, and 4. Great White Heron (192. Ardea occidentalis). — An exceed- ingly large, southern (Florida), entirely white heron with (in the breeding season) long, narrow, stiffened feathers on the lower neck and back and two narrow plumes on the head. This is a" larger bird than the American egret (No. 7) and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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