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[1. Wing under 11-1111. IN. l’hnnage pure white; legs and 11111 hlaek; I'eet yellow. 111T. Sxowr HERON. 117. Tips 111‘ 111‘1111111‘11‘s s1:111-~1-1>1or; plumage white. sometimes irregu- larly 111ar11'ed \1it11s1111_\' 11111e. . 2‘)“. 1.11111; 111.1‘E 11121110: 11111.). 13. Crown 11111111'1‘111‘ reddish brown. (1. Head and neek reddish brown; body slate-eulor. 1'J\‘. 11-;11111s11liumc'r. A11. BI'I‘TERN. It.

1). Neck eonspienonsl)’ streaked; 1111111" variegated . 11W

(.1 Frown slat)‘ or slate-1111a- with son1eti111es a purplish e 11. Wingseoverts more or less 111arg111ed with rnt'ons.

l'J'J. Lot‘IsiANA 1115111152

1.1-: BLL‘E HEicox.

b1 \Ving-eonzrts \1‘ithontrnf'ons. . . . . 21111. 1.11 1!. L'rown greenish or bluish hlaek. 11. Wing over 10'00; entire under parts pure white. 1102. Briana—11111“ x1211 N1u11'1'HE110N. (1. Wing under 1000. [A Wing-eorerts green . . . . . . 21,11. Lirrm; GREEN HERON. cl. Wing-em’erts rnt'nns»el1est1111t and 111111“. (-1. Under parts 111111)',111111‘1- or less streaked. 101. LEAST BITTERN. 1-3. L'nder parts rut'ous-ehestnnt . 1111.1. tom’s LEAST BITTERN. 2. Crown streaked. A. Wing under 10-00: upper parts greenish 201. LITTLE GREEN HERON. 11’. Wing over 10100; upper parts brownish or blackish brown streaked with white. . (1. L'lnper parts light brown; outer edge of primaries reddish. 21,12. lilJl'K-(‘ltl1\\'Nli]) Numr Hanox (1111.). I). Haek dark brown: erown nearly 111111-11 with white streaks; prima— ries dark slate—Color . 2113. Y1;I.I.0\\'—c1111\\'.\'En N1111IT IIERUN 11111.1.

190. Botaurus lentiginosus (111111111110. AMERICA): BITTERN; MAnsn HEN. .111[.—A glossy hlaek streak on either side of the upper neck; top ofthe head and hack of the. neek hiuish slate, more, or less washed with bully; lmek brown. bordered and irregularly mottled with 11111133111111 hufi'y oehmeeons, wingsem'erts similarly marked, hat the ground (-olor grayer; un- der parts eremny 111111, the feathers all widely streaked with lunfl‘y brown, which is 11111-1} speckled with bully and narrowly margined 11y brownish gray. [ms-Similar, but the 111111'3' everywhere deeper and 111011: ochraeeons. 11., 2s-oo; “L 1111.111; T1112, 3'50; P1,, N10.

11’11111/1’. JI‘eInperate North Anieriea; hreeds hut rarely south of Virginia; winters from Virginia southward.

Washington, rather 11111111111111 W. \' A1111. to .\111. 1.1111}; Island, connnon T. V,Y _\pl. and Sept. to Nov. Sing Si11g,rare S. 11., A111. 11 to ()et. 51. (.‘11111- bridge, not eon1n1o11 .\‘. 1-1., A111. 15111 Nov.

.\'1sl. ol'errasses. e112, on the ground in marshes. [LE/gs, three to fire, pale olive-111111, 1'51!) )1 1'4».

The Bittern 111111105 its home in extensive grassy meadows with plenty of water, but in the season of angration may be found and 10