200 SHORE BIKDS. 



frogs or even small mammals. Cries harsh. 

 Young, at first naked, helpless and fed by 

 regurgitation, but are soon covered with 

 down, unless otherwise stated; nests are 

 made of sticks and are placed in trees or 

 bushes; eggs 3-5, greenish blue. 



Fig. 158 



Limpkin. 1-8. 



152. AMERICAN BITTERN. 

 Large, 29, dark-brown streaked and 

 spotted with yellow-buff; triangular patch 

 on side of neck, black; bill and feet, greenish, 

 fig. 145. Young, similar but paler. Nest- 

 lings covered with long yellowish down. 

 Breeds throughout temperate N. A. ; south 



