. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . doesnot appear that it has ever been met with on the Continentof Europe. YouxG.—When fully fledged, the young have the billgreenish-yelloAv, with the ridge of the upper mandible brown,darker toward the end ; tlie bare spaces on the head brownish-yellow ; the feet greenish-brown, the claws light bro^^^ upper part of the head is reddish-brown
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . doesnot appear that it has ever been met with on the Continentof Europe. YouxG.—When fully fledged, the young have the billgreenish-yelloAv, with the ridge of the upper mandible brown,darker toward the end ; tlie bare spaces on the head brownish-yellow ; the feet greenish-brown, the claws light bro^^^ upper part of the head is reddish-brown, with blackishstreaks ; there are the same markings on the sides of thehead and neck as in the adult, but the black band is faint;the fore neck is yellowish-white in its whole length, withlongitudinal series of reddish-broAvn streaks, mottled andmargined with darker ; the sides of the neck greyish-yellow,with brown streaks. The other parts nearly as in the adult,but of duller tints, the sides and tibiae more freckled. Remarks.—Wagler states that the tail feathers aretwelve, but in all the specimens examined by me they areten. Individuals vary greatly in size, but little in colour. 423 BOTAURUS MINUTUS. THE LITTLE BITTERN BOONK. Fig. 35. Ardea minuta. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 240. Ardea minuta. Lath. Ind. Ornith. IL 683. Little Bittern. Mont. Om. Diet, and Supplt. Heron Blongios. Ardea minuta. Temm. !Man. dOrnith. IL 584, Little Bittern. Botauriis minutus. Selb. Illustr. II. 36. Ardea minuta. Little Heron. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. 189. Ardeola minuta. Bonap. Comp. List, 48. Letigth about fourteen inches; tibia entirely with the upper part of the head, the back, scapulars,and fail glossij greenish-black; the sides of the head, theneck, lower jjarts, and smaller uing-coveiis light reddish-yellow. Female similar, but with the tints less deep. Youngwith the upper p)art of the head dark broicn ; the feathers ofthe back dark brown, edged with yelloio ; the for
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