PiiATE VII. Pages 93, 94. 



AMERICAN BITTERN. 



Length, 28-00 inches. A black streak on neck; body brown and buff; 



primaries slate-color. 



SORA. 



Length, 8-50 inches. Adult, upper parts olive-brown, black, and white; 



throat and face black, breast slate, belly white, flanks black and white. 



Young, similar, but face, throat, and breast white, washed with brownish. 



