. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . .M 60 BRITISH SNCiflS** THE LITTLE BITTERN. ( Ardea mlnutaj Lin.—Le Blongios, BufF.) This bird, in the bulk of its body, is not much biggerthan the Throstle, measuring only about fifteen inches inlength. From the corners of the mouth, a black strokeextends along the under sides of the cheeks ; and a patchof black, glossed with green and edged with chesnut,covers the crown of its liead. On the back, rump, andscapulars, the feathers are dark brown, edged with palerusty-coloured red ; the sides of the neck, and the breast,are o
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . .M 60 BRITISH SNCiflS** THE LITTLE BITTERN. ( Ardea mlnutaj Lin.—Le Blongios, BufF.) This bird, in the bulk of its body, is not much biggerthan the Throstle, measuring only about fifteen inches inlength. From the corners of the mouth, a black strokeextends along the under sides of the cheeks ; and a patchof black, glossed with green and edged with chesnut,covers the crown of its liead. On the back, rump, andscapulars, the feathers are dark brown, edged with palerusty-coloured red ; the sides of the neck, and the breast,are of the same colours, but the brown on the middle ofeach feather is in narrower streaks. The belly is white jthe hinder part of the neck is bare, but the long featherson the fore part lie back and cover it. The tail is short, BRITISH BIRDS, SI arid of a black green colour, edged and tipped withtawny : the legs dirty green. The Little Bittern has-seldom been met with in Great Britain. The above drawing and description were taken from,an ill-stuffed specimen in the WyclifFe museum
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