64 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



when we heard the soft notes of a Least Bittern, 

 who soon rose from the marsh near by. A few days 



31. Least Bittern's nesting site, showing reeds bent over nest. One of four 

 eggs can be seen. 



later the Bittern was found in full song if the coo 

 be its song in the marshes of Presque Isle in Erie 



