AMERICAN BITTERN 



FRECKLED HERON MOKOHO BITTERN DUNKADOO. 

 PLATE CLXI. FIGURE III. 



Botaurus lentiginosus, . . . MONTAGU. LEACH. 



Ardea mokoho, .... VIEILLOT. 



Ardea stellaris, .... GMELIN. 



Butor americana y .... SWAINSON. 



THIS North American species has occurred several times 

 in the British Islands. 



The nest is made in swamps, a slight structure of reeds 

 and grass. 



The eggs are four to seven in number, of a uniform 

 dull olivaceous tint, and equally obtuse at the two ends. 



