. The birds of Canada [microform] : with descriptions of their plumage, habits, food, song, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure. Birds; Oiseaux. Birds of Canada. 79. (illKAT ISITrKIlX. r>ohiiinis Iciiti^iiitwsns.—The (jrcat Bittern, or Stake Driver. The (ireat Bittern arrives in Canada about the middle oi April, and remains until late in Octo- ber. The <'eneral color of this bittern is a rich brownish-buff, covered with streaks and mottlings of black, brown, ij;ray, and chestnut. Nests, on marshy ground ; eggs, four or five, pale brown. Its food consists of reptiles and insects.

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. The birds of Canada [microform] : with descriptions of their plumage, habits, food, song, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure. Birds; Oiseaux. Birds of Canada. 79. (illKAT ISITrKIlX. r>ohiiinis Iciiti^iiitwsns.—The (jrcat Bittern, or Stake Driver. The (ireat Bittern arrives in Canada about the middle oi April, and remains until late in Octo- ber. The <'eneral color of this bittern is a rich brownish-buff, covered with streaks and mottlings of black, brown, ij;ray, and chestnut. Nests, on marshy ground ; eggs, four or five, pale brown. Its food consists of reptiles and insects. Butoridcs vircsccns,—The Green Heron. The Green Heron is eighteen inches loni- ; above, dark green ; wings and tail, green ; legs, yellow ; belly, ashy-brown ; head, has a crest of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897. Toronto : Rowsell and Hutchison

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