. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . American Bittern FAM. XLV. HERONS, EGRETS, ETC. 265 2. Least Bittern (191. Ardetta exllis). — A bird formed simi-larly to the last and with similar habits, but much smaller. It isa buffy and chestnut-colored bittern withthe crested crown,back, and tail glossyblack and a patch onthe side of the breastblackish. The femaleis similar but thecrown and back area purplish - chestnutrather than black, andthe under parts aredarker and streakedwith Least Bittern Length
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . American Bittern FAM. XLV. HERONS, EGRETS, ETC. 265 2. Least Bittern (191. Ardetta exllis). — A bird formed simi-larly to the last and with similar habits, but much smaller. It isa buffy and chestnut-colored bittern withthe crested crown,back, and tail glossyblack and a patch onthe side of the breastblackish. The femaleis similar but thecrown and back area purplish - chestnutrather than black, andthe under parts aredarker and streakedwith Least Bittern Length, 13; wing, 4i (41-5^); tail, 2; tarsus. If; culmen, 1|. Tem-perate North America ; breeding north to Ontario and wintering fromFlorida south to the West Indies and Brazil. 3. Corys Least Bittern (191-1. ArcUtta nedxena). — A birdlike the last in everything but color and size. It is a bitternwith reddish-chestnut on the breast and under parts as well ason the sides of the head and throat and the wing coverts. Thecrown, back, and tail are black, with a distinct green species has the under tail coverts a dull black, the lasthas them washed with buffy. Only a few specimens havebeen observed, and those, curiously, in widely separated local-ities. Length, 11; wing, i\ ; tarsus, 1|; culmen, 1|.Michis:an. Florida, Ontario, and 4. Great White Heron (192. Ardea occidentdlis). — An exceed-ingly large, southern (Florida), entirely white heron with (inthe breeding season) long, narrow, stiffened feathers on thelower neck and back and two narrow plumes on the hea
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