Bittern
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The Bitterns are members of the heron family Ardeidae. The wading birds in this group which are named as bitterns tend to be the shorter necked, often more secretive members of this family.
The heron family is one of the families in the order Ciconiiformes, which also includes other wading bird families:
Ciconiiformes
- Ardeidae herons and bitterns
- Cochlearidae: Boatbill
- Balaenicipitidae Shoebill
- Scopidae Hammerkop
- Ciconiidae: storks
- Threskiornithidae ibises and spoonbills
- Phoenicopteridae flamingos
Unlike the similar storks, ibises and spoonbills, herons and bitterns fly with their necks retracted, not outstretched.
The following genera of the Ardeidae are considered under the Heron article:
Ardea
Zebrilus
Philherodias
Tigrisoma
Ardeola
Bubulcus
Egretta
Agamia
Butorides
Tigriornis
Tigrisoma
Gorsachius
Syrigma
Zonerodius
Nycticorax
Bitterns often frequent reedbeds and similar marshy areas, and feed on amphibians, reptiles, insects and fish.
Species are:
Genus Ixobrychus
- Little Bittern[?] Ixobrychus minutus
- Cinnamon Bittern[?] Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris
- Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
- Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
- Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus
- Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii
- Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
Genus Botaurus
- American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosa.
- Great Bittern or European Bittern, Botaurus stellata
- South American Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Australasian Bittern[?] Botaurus poiciloptilus
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brumby (horse run in from a wild mob). We had to pass Bootha's camp. I
ground, as it seemed, out dashed the weird old figure, arms full of
leaders' heads; the offside horse reared and plunged and took some
fusilade of various utensils.
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the utensils had been picked up.
I used to tell the other blacks to see that Bootha had plenty of food.
Lunatics, from their point of view, are only persons spirit-possessed.
Gradually old Bootha, clothed as usual, came back about the place.
Strange stories came through the house blacks to me of old Bootha. She
recovered but seemed rejuvenated. We heard of wonderful cures she made;
said to be spirits.html">spirits in some of her dogs; how she was now a rainmaker
woman to come up when any one was ill, consult her, and generally make
Matah suffered a good deal with a constant pain in one knee, he was
her spirits, then said:
'Too muchee water there; you steam him, put him on hot rag; you drink
insurance agent. Matah consulted him.
'Hum! Yes, yes. Hot fomentations to the place affected, poultices, a
must be dispersed.'
I thought Bootha ought to have been called in consultation.
A girl I had staying with me was taken suddenly and, to us,
drawing-room, where she would lie back on the cushions of a.
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