. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. THE BIRD BOOK. \ 191. BlTTCiiN. IjtibrifrkuM ejtilU. RatiRf!.- -rommon tliroughout tha ITntted 8UtM, )ip<'lBlly In Ihe «B«lern part, and In the nouthrrn RrltlHli province*. ThiH Hhiall variety of nittern U very common In till' Houthern portion* of the United State*, but li'HK MO and locally dlittrlbuted in the northern portion!) or It* rangH, They are very quint and Mly liirdH, und thrlr prH>
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. THE BIRD BOOK. \ 191. BlTTCiiN. IjtibrifrkuM ejtilU. RatiRf!.- -rommon tliroughout tha ITntted 8UtM, )ip<'lBlly In Ihe «B«lern part, and In the nouthrrn RrltlHli province*. ThiH Hhiall variety of nittern U very common In till' Houthern portion* of the United State*, but li'HK MO and locally dlittrlbuted in the northern portion!) or It* rangH, They are very quint and Mly liirdH, und thrlr prH>-nre I* often unHUHpected when they are really (|ulte abundant. When ap- proai'lied. they will re- main perfeclly quiet, with the iMidy erect and the head and nerk pointed â kyward, In which po»l- tlon their yellowlah brown plumaite *tronKly re*emhleR the rushe* among which they are found. Their ne*ta aro made of atripa of ruHhen woven about upright «t*IkH, generally over water. They lay from three to Hve egg* of a pale bluish white color. 8lie X .90. Data.âAvery'* Island. La., May 1, 1896. Four egg*. Neat of atrip* of ruahea woven together to form a platform and faitened to saw grass growing on the bank of a stream. Collector, R. A. Mc'lhenny. Cory's Lkadt Bittkrn. Ixobrgchui I ntoxenu*. ⢠ThU rare speclex, of which about twenty specl- menH are known is proliably resident In Florida, wandering north in the summer, sppcl'n ns i. 'â ing been taken in Ontario, Canada, and in * localities In eastern United States. It Is very different from the Least Bittern, having a more uniform chestnut < uloratlon, esperinlly on the under parts. It is twelve inches in length. Mr. C W. Crandall has a set of five eggs of this species, taken on the Caloosahatchee River, Fla., April 15, 1891, by 8. B. Ladd. nest was made of grasses and rushes placed In the cane two feet above the water. pull. blulHh gray Least Bittern Cory's Least Bittern. Please note that thes
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