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Title: An illustrated manual of British birds
Identifier: cu31924000047815 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Gurney and Jackson
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE LITTLE BITTERN. Ard^tta mint5ta (Linnaeus). This small species has been obtained in nearly every county of England, especially in the eastern and southern districts; while there can be little doubt that it bred on some of the Broads of Norfolk comparatively recently, and formerly did so in other localities. In Wales, and on the west side of the island, it is of rare occurrence, as it is also to the north of Yorkshire; while to Scotland its visits are very irregular, though extending as far as the Orkneys and Shetlands. Mr. Ussher informs me that he has at least twenty-four records for Ireland, the majority from the southern counties. Most of the instances recorded in the British Islands have been between spring and autumn, but a few in the winter months. The Little Bittern is only a rare wanderer to the Faeroes, Iceland, Norway and Sweden; and although it has been obtained on several occasions in Denmark as well as the district of St. Petersburg, its usual migrations do not extend beyond the Baltic. Southward, it is found during summer in suitable situations throughout Europe; but even from Spain, Italy and Greece it takes its departure in autumn, to return in April. It occurs in the Azores, Madeira and the Canaries, as well as in North Africa, where its numbers are augmented by migrants from the north in winter—at which season it visits Egypt and Nubia. In Southern Africa it is represented by the smaller and more rufous Ardetta podicifes. In Asia, our Little

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