PLATE VII. 



PAOES 93, 9^ 



AMEEICAN BITTERN. 



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

 primaries slate-color. 



SOEA. 



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

 throat and fan blank, brftast slate, bftllv white, flanks blank and white. 



