AMERICAN BITTERNS 



Two of a brood of four birds about one week old, at which age they showed 



no fear of man 



Photographed from nature by E. H. Tabor, Meridian, N. Y. , May 31, 1898 



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AMERICAN BITTERNS 



The four members of the brood, of which two are shown above, about two weeks old, 



when they showed marked fear of man 



Photographed from nature by F. M. Chapman, Meridian, N. Y., June 8, 1898 



