. American ornithology for the home and school . AMERICAN AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 225 HABITS. All birds have their peculiarities, and this one is no exception. Themost interesting and extraordinary performance of the Bittern is his sing-ing, if it may be designated as such. Because of his vocal abilities he isoften known as Stake Driver, Thunder Pump, and Indian performance has been described time and again, but the best explan-ation of a witness of the action, is that of Dr. P. L. Hatch in the Birdsof Minnesota. The act of a Prairie Hen cock in booming, the TurkeyGobbler in g
. American ornithology for the home and school . AMERICAN AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 225 HABITS. All birds have their peculiarities, and this one is no exception. Themost interesting and extraordinary performance of the Bittern is his sing-ing, if it may be designated as such. Because of his vocal abilities he isoften known as Stake Driver, Thunder Pump, and Indian performance has been described time and again, but the best explan-ation of a witness of the action, is that of Dr. P. L. Hatch in the Birdsof Minnesota. The act of a Prairie Hen cock in booming, the TurkeyGobbler in gobbling, is no more extreme or characteristic than is that ofthe Bittern in the act of disgorging himself of his inexpressibly infelicitouslove notes. Standing perfectly erect and motionless, his bill pointed ex-actly towards the zenith, the head is seen to be very slowly sinking whilethe body correspondingly assumes the horizontal position and the neckbecomes sigmoid by its double flexion, it suddenly shoots forwards anddownwards and laboriously pumps out its am
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