PuaTe 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. Adu/t, 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. 
