. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . tending into a small crest;back and tail, black, with a greenish tinge back of the neck; wingcoverts, chestnut brown; some of the wing coverts, tawny yellow;front and sides of the neck and under parts, yellowish brown, showingwhite on throat; a patch of brownish black on the sides of the breast;bill, yellowish, dusky on the top; legs, green, yellow on the back;toes, yellow. Adult female: Having the back and crown purplish chestnutinstead of black. Length, ; wing, ; bill, 2; tarsus, The Least Bittern is a common summer resident in Illinois
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . tending into a small crest;back and tail, black, with a greenish tinge back of the neck; wingcoverts, chestnut brown; some of the wing coverts, tawny yellow;front and sides of the neck and under parts, yellowish brown, showingwhite on throat; a patch of brownish black on the sides of the breast;bill, yellowish, dusky on the top; legs, green, yellow on the back;toes, yellow. Adult female: Having the back and crown purplish chestnutinstead of black. Length, ; wing, ; bill, 2; tarsus, The Least Bittern is a common summer resident in Illinois andWisconsin, breeding throughout both states in suitable nest is usually built in rushes and reeds in ponds or marshyplaces, rarely in bushes. The eggs are bluish white, from 4 to 7 innumber, and measure x .95 inches. The Field Museum possessesseveral sets of eggs of this species taken in the vicinity of CalumetLake, Chicago, between June 15th and June 29th. Jan., igoq. Birds of Illinois axd Wisconsin — Corv. 365. Least Bittern. 81. Ixobrychus neoxenus (Cory). Corys Least neoxena Cory, A. 0. U. Check List, 1895, p. type of this species was taken in the marshes southwest of *When I described this bird in i8S6, I gave it no English name, simply calling it neovrwa(new and strange). The committee of the American Ornithologists Union have since honored meby giving it my name. 366 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. Lake Okeechobee, in 1886, and since then half a dozen specimenshave been killed in that locality and several in Canada, Michigan,and elsewhere, including two in Wisconsin. It has not as yet beenobserved in Illinois. Adult: Top of the head, back, and tail, dark greenish black, show-ing a green gloss when held in the light. Sides of the head and throat,rufous chestnut, the feathers on the back of the neck showing greenishblack tips; breast and under parts, nearly uniform chestnut, shadinginto dull black on the
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