British zoology . APPENDIX. 6 33 VIII. The LITTLE BITTERN. Ardeola (le Blongios) Brif- Moofs-kuh.) Kram. 348. /on a<v. V. 497. tab. 40. Boonk or long Neck. S&axvs Jig. I. Trawlsy 255. Ardea vertice dorfoque ni- Ard#a Minuta. Lin. fyft. 240. gris, collo antice et alarum Kleiner Rohrdommel. Frijcb, te&ricibus lutefcentibus. II. 206. 207. (Stauden Ragerl, Kleine Ed--w. av. 275. THIS fpecies was fhot as it perched on one ofthe trees in the Quarry or publicwalks inShrew/bury, on the banks of the Severn; it is fre-quent in many other parts of Europe, but the onlyone we ever heard of in England. T
British zoology . APPENDIX. 6 33 VIII. The LITTLE BITTERN. Ardeola (le Blongios) Brif- Moofs-kuh.) Kram. 348. /on a<v. V. 497. tab. 40. Boonk or long Neck. S&axvs Jig. I. Trawlsy 255. Ardea vertice dorfoque ni- Ard#a Minuta. Lin. fyft. 240. gris, collo antice et alarum Kleiner Rohrdommel. Frijcb, te&ricibus lutefcentibus. II. 206. 207. (Stauden Ragerl, Kleine Ed--w. av. 275. THIS fpecies was fhot as it perched on one ofthe trees in the Quarry or publicwalks inShrew/bury, on the banks of the Severn; it is fre-quent in many other parts of Europe, but the onlyone we ever heard of in England. The length to the tip of the tail was fifteen inch-es, to the end of the toe twenty. The bill to thecorners of the mouth two inches and a half long,dufky at the point; the fides yellow; the edge jag-ged : the bulk of the body not larger than that ofa fieldfare. The top of the head, the back, and tail wereblack, gloried with an obfcure green : the neck isvery long, the forepart of which, the breaft andthighs
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