. El est es un montón de cañas colocadas en el pantano en la parte más gruesa de un lecho de caña. Los huevos suelen ser cuatro en número y de un color de oliva marrón uniforme. En la temporada de cría emite un fuerte ruido, pero otras veces es un pájaro muy silencioso. El adulto es buff, irregularmente prohibido y rayado por toda la superficie de negro, excepto en la cabeza, que es negro puro.los sexos y jóvenes son iguales en el plumaje. Longitud 28 pulg.;ala 13 pulg. EL BITTERN AMERICANO Botaurus lentiginosis (Montagu) este pájaro fue, curiosamente, descrito por primera vez a partir de las aspecimen matadas en Dorset. Es un puro me
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. Birds of Britain . est is a heap of reeds placed on the marsh in thethickest part of a reed-bed. The eggs are usually four innumber and of a uniform brownish olive colour. In thebreeding season it utters a loud booming noise, but atother times it is a very silent bird. The adult is buff, irregularly barred and streaked allover with black, except on the head, which is pure black.Sexes and young are alike in plumage. Length 28 in.;wing 13 in. THE AMERICAN BITTERN Botaurus lentiginosis (Montagu) This bird was, curiously enough, first described from aspecimen killed in Dorset. It is a purely American speciesbut a good many examples have been taken in all partsof the United Kingdom. It may be distinguished fromthe preceding species by its smaller size, darker colora-tion, and uniformly brown primaries. Length 24 in.;wing 11 in. THE WHITE STORK Clconla alba, Bechstein It is curious that a bird so common and well protectedon the Continent should not be of more general occurrence 228 BITTERNBotaurus stellaris /. The White Stork in these islands. It can only be considered a rare straggler, most of the examples having been seen in spring. The whole plumage is white, except the quills, which areblack. Legs and bill crimson. Length 40 in.; wing 23 in. THE BLACK STORK Clconia nigra (Linnaeus) Some fourteen examples in all of this fine bird havebeen procured in England. It breeds in Sweden, Denmarkand East Germany and thence eastwards in Central andSouthern Russia. Like the White Stork, it is a migrant, wintering in Africa. The whole of the plumage is black, with metallic reflec-tions, except the lower breast and vent, which are white.Length 38 in.; wing 21 in. THE GLOSSY IBIS Plegadls falcinellus (Linnsus) In the southern and eastern parts of England this speciesused to be well known as an autumn migrant, but of lateyears it has become decidedly scarcer. It breeds commonlyin the marismas of Spain and the marshes of the Danube. The head, neck, and under parts are a deep copperybr
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