. North American birds eggs . South and Central America, wandering north, casuallyto Texas. Their nests are large platforms of sticks in very high trees. BITTERNS and HERONS. Family ARDEID/E. Herons and Bitterns are long legged waders, having straight, pointed bills,and with the head feathered, except tor the lores. I 90. American Bittern. Botaiiriis lentiginosiis. Range.—TTnited States and southernBritish provinces, breeding in the northernhalt of the United States and wintering inthe southern portion. This species, with its mottled rustybrownish plumage, is one of the best knownof the Heron
. North American birds eggs . South and Central America, wandering north, casuallyto Texas. Their nests are large platforms of sticks in very high trees. BITTERNS and HERONS. Family ARDEID/E. Herons and Bitterns are long legged waders, having straight, pointed bills,and with the head feathered, except tor the lores. I 90. American Bittern. Botaiiriis lentiginosiis. Range.—TTnited States and southernBritish provinces, breeding in the northernhalt of the United States and wintering inthe southern portion. This species, with its mottled rustybrownish plumage, is one of the best knownof the Heron family. It is known locallyby a great man_v names, nearly all of whichhave reference to the booming or pump-ing sound made during the matingseason. They build their nests in swampyor marshy places, placing them on theground, frequently on a tussock, entirelysurrounded by water. The nest proper isonly a few grasses twisted about to form alining to the hollow. They lay from threeto five eggs of brownish drab. Size x [Brownish drab.) North American Birds Eggs. 93
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